> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.oviond.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Permanently delete

> Remove archived items from your account forever.

Permanently deleting an archived item is **irreversible** — the row is removed from the database along with all its children (a client's projects and widgets, a project's widgets and pages, a template's pages and widgets, and so on). For media, the underlying file is also removed from storage.

Use it to:

* Free up plan quota immediately
* Remove sensitive data after a client requests erasure
* Clean up test data with certainty

<Warning>
  There is no undo. Once an item is permanently deleted, it cannot be recovered — not even by Oviond support.
</Warning>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Archive">
    Go to **Settings → Archive** (`/settings/archive`).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Filter and select">
    Narrow to the type you want to remove, then check each item. Multi-select works for bulk delete.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Delete">
    A confirmation dialog warns that the items will be permanently deleted. Confirm to proceed, or choose **Keep archived** to cancel.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  The Archive is admin-only. Members without the **manage archive** permission can't permanently delete items.
</Note>