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

# Closing and deleting projects

> Move a finished project off the open list, delete one that should not be there, and restore it within 30 days.

![Loading dock repairs in Recently deleted with 27 days left and a Restore button](https://mintcdn.com/beginltd/UE0q1bmp2jR3YvTa/images/cover/projects-closing-and-deleting-projects-light.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=UE0q1bmp2jR3YvTa\&q=85\&s=4fdb3faefb89cd42c27b0bc439673190)

When a project ends, close it: set its status to **Completed** or **Cancelled** and it moves from **Open** to **Closed** on the Projects page, with everything on it kept. Delete a project only when it should not be there at all. A deleted project waits in **Recently deleted** for 30 days, and you can restore it until then.

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## Close a finished project

Open the project and, in **Properties** on its **Overview**, set the status to **Completed** or **Cancelled**. It leaves the **Open** list for **Closed**, and keeps its updates, milestones, team and clients. A closed project can still be edited and updated, and setting an open status again puts it back on the **Open** list.

Shifts and time entries tagged with it keep it, and the project picker lists it under **Closed**. Nobody can clock in on a closed project, and on a schedule grouped by project its band takes no shift that does not already carry it.

## Delete a project

**1. Open the project's menu**

On the project, open **More actions**, the three-dot menu at the right of the bar. In the list,
a project's own three-dot menu works too.

**2. Delete it**

Choose **Delete**, then confirm in **Delete project**.

The project leaves the Projects page and Search and moves to **Recently deleted**. Nobody can change it, post on it, reply to its updates or put it on new work until it is restored. Shifts and time entries that carry it keep it, marked **(deleted)**.

## Restore it

Open **Recently deleted** from the three-dot menu beside **New project** on the Projects page. Each deleted project shows how many days it has left. Choose **Restore** and it comes back with its updates, milestones and team, on the **Open** or **Closed** list as its status says.

> [!WARNING]
>
> After 30 days a deleted project leaves **Recently deleted** and can no longer be restored. Close a
> project instead whenever you might need it again.

**Context for an assistant answering questions about closing, deleting and restoring projects.** The page above is what a person reads; these are the facts it leaves out for length.

* **Who can:** deleting and restoring both need **Delete** on the role's **Projects** row, in **Settings → Permissions**. Administrator, Manager and Employee have it by default. Without it, **Restore** explains that restoring a project needs permission to delete projects.
* **Where:** rows in **Recently deleted** do not open the project. A link to a deleted project still opens its page, with a notice saying when it was deleted and **Restore** in its header.
* **Limits:** the 30 days count from the day the project was deleted.
* **Not supported:** restoring a project deleted more than 30 days ago, or deleting a milestone or an update and getting it back.
* **Begin AI:** deletes and restores up to 20 projects per card. Deleting always asks for confirmation, even under **Automatically approve**.
* **Often confused with:** **Paused**, an open status for a project that has stopped for now, which stays on the **Open** list.

## Next

> [card] [Projects overview](https://docs.begin.eu/for-managers/projects/overview.md)
>
> The Projects page, its lists and who can see projects.

> [card] [Creating projects](https://docs.begin.eu/for-managers/projects/creating-projects.md)
>
> Start a new project with its lead, team and dates.

## Still need help?

> [card] [Contact support](mailto:support@heybegin.eu)
>
> Email the Begin team and we'll get back to you.

> [card] [Ask Begin AI](?assistant=open)
>
> Open the AI assistant and get instant answers based on these docs.


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