# Delete a project

Source: https://modulify.ai/docs/projects/delete-and-restore

What deleting removes, who is allowed to do it, and what happens afterwards.

Deleting a project is permanent from the dashboard. There is no trash, no undo and no restore button, so read the confirmation before you accept it.

## Who can delete

You can delete a project if you created it, or if you hold the *Delete projects* permission in the workspace. Otherwise **Delete** is disabled in the menu with the tooltip *You do not have permission to delete this project.*

Locked projects cannot be deleted. A locked card has no menu at all.

## Delete one project

Open the project's card menu and choose **Delete**, at the bottom in red.

A confirmation appears titled *Delete "<project name>"?* Its description names what goes with it, for example *This action cannot be undone. It will permanently delete this project, including its 6 pages and 14 components.* Projects with nothing counted get the shorter *This action cannot be undone. It will permanently delete this project.*

You can also delete from inside the project. Its [Settings](/docs/editor/settings) tab has a **Delete project** row described as *Permanently delete this project, including all of its pages, components, and data. This action cannot be undone.* with a red **Delete project** button. Confirming there sends you back to the dashboard.

## Delete several at once

Tick the checkboxes on several cards and choose **Delete** on the selection bar. The confirmation reads *Delete N projects?* with the matching description.

## What happens

The project disappears from the dashboard immediately and a toast confirms it. Behind that:

- Its preview and its live site stop running, so a published address stops serving the site
- The workspace's project count drops, freeing a slot on your plan
- Any scheduled jobs the site had are switched off, marked *Disabled because this project was deleted.*
- Any chat messages still queued for it are dropped
- If the folder it was in is on screen, that folder's count drops too

If the workspace had a locked site because you were over your plan's limit, deleting an unlocked one releases the slot and the most recently updated locked site unlocks straight away.

## There is no restore

There is no trash and no undo in the dashboard, and nothing you can click brings a deleted project back. Treat every delete as final and copy anything you might want later before you confirm.

**Duplicate** in the card menu is the cheap way to keep a full copy, including its database content and uploaded files. It does count as a site against your plan.

## Deleting a folder is not deleting projects

**Delete** on a folder removes only the folder. Every project inside it returns to the main projects list, and the confirmation says so: *This folder contains N projects. They will be moved to your main projects list.*

See [Folders](/docs/projects/folders) for the rest of the folder actions.

## Next

- [Sharing and cloning](/docs/projects/sharing-and-cloning) covers duplicating a project before you remove the original.
- [Transfer a project](/docs/projects/transfer-a-project) is the right move when someone else should keep it.