How can I delete records or events when my project is in production status?

Users can delete records or events from REDCap projects in production status. Entire records can be deleted from the record page or forms within records can be deleted with a record.

To delete records, verify the user has appropriate User Rights permissions to delete records within the User Rights page of their project.

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After obtaining appropriate User Rights, navigate to the record where you want to delete data. From the dropdown to Choose action for record, you can select ‘Delete record (all forms/events)’ to delete the data from all forms for the record.

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To delete data from specific forms on a record, navigate to the form with data that you want to delete and scroll to the bottom of the form. Under Form Status, you can select ‘Delete data for THIS FORM only.’

Only REDCap administrators can delete or undesignated events. Submit a ticket to either have REDCap support delete or undesignated events or move the project back to development. If you are making several changes, we recommend moving back to development and making the changes on your own.

After the project has been moved to development, to delete or un-designate events from your REDCap project, ensure the user has Project Setup and Design User Rights.

To delete events from your REDCap project, navigate to Project Setup page of your project and select Define My Events. Selecting the x to the left of the Event Number will delete the event from the project.

To un-designate an event from a project, go to the ‘Designate Instruments for My Events’ page of your project. Selecting the Begin Editing button will allow you to remove events from instruments for data collection. After un-designating the requested events from your project, you can click the save button to confirm changes.

These events can be designated again when data collection resumes for these events.