Delete Projects
General
- Make sure the backups are in order before deleting projects.
- By deleting a project, you delete the project data and all the documents created in the project: models, drawings and other files.
- You cannot undo the deletion.
- You cannot delete an active project.
- Never delete a project using Windows File Explorer, because then the archive data will assume that the project, models and drawings are still there, even though the files have been deleted.
- You can also delete a project using the Vertex browser.
Delete a project and all the files it contains
- Select Archives | Projects | Maintenance > > Delete Projects.
- The program opens the dialog box Search Data.
- Enter the project search data.
- YouYou can enter the name of the project, the names of the responsible persons, a description, the customer's name and label, the status of the project or the date of creation as search data.
- When defining search terms, you can use an asterisk (*) to replace several characters or a question mark (?) to replace a single character.
- Click OK to accept the search criteria.
- The program lists the projects that meet the search criteria.
- If you did not enter any search criteria, all projects are included in the list.
- Select one or more projects from the list.
- Hold down the Ctrl key if you you want to select several projects.
- Hold down the Shift key if you want to select consecutive projects from the list.
- We recommend that you compress the project before you delete the project.
- Click OK to accept the project selected for deletion.
- The program tells you which files are lost during the deletion and asks you to confirm the deletion.
- Answer if you really want to delete the project.
- Yes: The project and all the files it contains will be deleted without the possibility of a restore.
- No: The project will not be deleted.
Use the browser to delete the project
- Open the browser.
- Press the B key or
- select File > Open.
- List the projects by selecting Projects > All Projects from the tree on the left.
- Select the project to be deleted.
- Select the context-sensitive function Delete Project.
- The program confirms that you really want to delete the project.
- Answer if you really want to delete the project.
- Yes: The project and all the files it contains will be deleted without the possibility of a restore.
- No: The project will not be deleted.