--- title: How To Delete a Task from an Experiment (Archiving Tasks) description: For traceability and compliance reasons, you cannot delete a task in SciNote. However, you can archive it within an experiment. --- [Skip to content](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/how-to-delete-a-task-from-an-experiment#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Leave us a message](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![SciNote\_logo\_color\_2023.png\]](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/SciNote_logo_color_2023.png?height=40&name=SciNote_logo_color_2023.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Leave us a message](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - Contact us Contact us How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Customer Support](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. 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To archive a task: 1. **Open** an experiment to enter the grey canvas 2. **Click** the**Edit workflow** button, just above the canvas on the left![Edit workflow button](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Edit%20workflow%20button.png?width=688&height=241&name=Edit%20workflow%20button.png) 3. **Click** on the arrow in the right upper corner of the selected task, to open a drop-down window 4. **Select Archive task** [![archive\_task](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/archive_task.png?width=655&height=277&name=archive_task.png)](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hubfs/archive_task.png?hsLang=en) 5. **Click Save** on the top right corner   Alternatively, if you are using the **'Table view'** inside the experiment: 1. Select the task you would like to archive 2. **Click** the '**Archive**' button[![archive\_task\_table\_view](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/archive_task_table_view.png?width=655&height=371&name=archive_task_table_view.png)](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hubfs/archive_task_table_view.png?hsLang=en)   To view all the archived items for an experiment: 1. **Open** an experiment to enter the grey canvas 2. **Click** on the top menu were you can **choose** between **Active state** and **Archived state** 3. [![archived\_tasks\_menu-1](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hs-fs/hubfs/archived_tasks_menu-1.png?width=655&height=354&name=archived_tasks_menu-1.png)](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/hubfs/Show%20task%20list.png?hsLang=en) You can read [this article](https://knowledgebase.scinote.net/en/knowledge/why-cant-i-delete-things-in-scinote?hsLang=en) to know what you can delete and archive in SciNote. 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