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TechnicallyYes, yes but make a few considerations first. Records, instruments, or data that are purposely deleted by the study team are difficult and expensive to recover. If you delete a record that you actually needed, you will be required to complete an intake survey, meet the Data Brokerage team, receive a statement of work that includes the total cost of the data recovery at a $75 per hour fee, and agree to the SOW before your data are recovered. Only test records or records created in error should be deleted from a REDCap production project.In order to delete a record, you must have the user right to delete records. If you do not contact someone on the study who can give you that right. Once you have the right, go to the Record Status Dashboard , click on the record ID you wish to delete, click Choose Action for Record, Delete Record. but only test records, records created in error, or records where data have already been moved to another safe location should be deleted from a REDCap production project. It also is important to understand that if you collect real data in development mode and data are deleted, there is no way to recover that data!

Users can delete records rom REDCap projects in production status. Entire records can be deleted from the record home page.

To delete records, verify the user has appropriate User Rights permissions to delete records within the User Rights page of their project. Follow the steps in this FAQ if you are unsure how to modify user rights: How do I modify User Rights for myself or another user? Ensure the Delete Records right is checked.

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If you do not have User Rights privileges, you will not be able to update user rights and will need to contact someone on the project who does have user rights.

After obtaining appropriate User Rights, navigate to the record home page by:

  1. Clicking Record Status Dashboard

  2. Click on the Record ID that you would like to delete

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When the Record Homepage appears:

  1. Click the Choose action for record dropdown

  2. Select X Delete Record

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