# Archiving, deleting, and leaving projects

There are two options for removing projects from your project dashboard, 'Archiving' and 'Trashing'.

* **Archive.** The "Archived Projects" is for projects you want to keep around (archive) but wish to remove from the main list in your project dashboard. Archived projects are *not* in a queue to be deleted.
* **Trash**: The "Trashed Projects" is for projects you intend to delete permanently. For help on deleting projects, see [Deleting a project](/managing-projects-and-files/archiving-deleting-and-leaving-projects/deleting-a-project.md).

To permanently delete a project, or to leave a project that is owned by someone else, you first move the project to the Trash, then select the delete or leave option.

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<summary>Archiving</summary>

1. For the project you wish to archive, select the **Archive** icon in the **Actions** column.
2. A confirmation pop-up window is displayed.
3. Select **Confirm** to move the project to **Archived Projects**.

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Selecting multiple projects allows you to archive several projects at once.

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<summary>Unarchiving</summary>

1. Select the **Archived Projects** (filter) on the left-hand side of your Project Dashboard.
2. Click the **Restore** icon to unarchive it.

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