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Archive and Restore Board Items

Quickly remove unneeded items and restore when needed.

Updated over a week ago

Finding a specific section of your board no longer relevant? Done with a Space task and no longer need it on display? Or simply finished working on a specific board? Just archive those items to remove them from your board so that you can focus only on the things that require your attention. Don't worry - you can easily restore these items if you need to.

Availability:

  • Teams users - admins and members (with some restrictions, see below).
    Family users - admins and members (with some restrictions, see below).

  • Supported on all platforms (functionality-based, see below).


πŸ› οΈ How does it work?

  • Tasks can be archived from the quick-action menu or via the main task view.

  • Sections can be archived from the board's menu.

  • You can recover any archived workspace tasks or sections from the archive-menu.

  • Board members except for viewers and external users can archive tasks and sections.

  • Only board admins can archive a board.


βœ… How to archive/ restore a space task

πŸ’» Web

You can either:

  1. Open the task and press the archive icon to archive it OR

  2. Press the 3 dot menu (quick-actions) next to the task title and click on the archive icon.

To restore it:

  1. Press the 3 dot menu (quick-actions) next to the task title.

  2. Click on "view archived items".

  3. Click on the "tasks" tab and press the 3 dots on the right and select bring back to board.

Note: At this time the restore feature is on the web version only.

πŸ“± Android/ iOS

  1. Open the task.

  2. Press 'Archive' at the bottom of the menu.


πŸ“„ How to archive/ restore a board section

πŸ’» Web

  1. Press the 3 dot menu (quick-actions) next to the task title and click on "Archive this section".

To restore it:

  1. Press the 3 dot menu (quick-actions) next to the task title.

  2. Click on "view archived items".

  3. Click on the "sections" tab and press the 3 dots on the right and select bring back to board.

Note: At this time the restore feature is on the web version only.

πŸ“± Android/ iOS

  1. Open the 3 dots menu.

  2. Press on the "Sections" menu.

  3. Press on the right part of the section and tap on the bin icon.

  4. Press on Archive.


πŸ“‹ How to delete an entire board

πŸ’» Web

  • Press the 3 dot menu (quick-actions) next to the task title and click on "Archive Board".

If you simply wish to leave a board (without removing it for other members), just:

  • Press "Add a new board" from your left-side menu and choose Browse boards-> Leave board.

Note: Deleting a board is irreversible (there is no option to restore an archived board). This is also mentioned in the archiving-screen before confirming this action.

Note: A board can only be archived by its admin.

πŸ“± Android/ iOS

  1. Open the board.

  2. Tap on the 3 dots menu.

  3. Press 'Archive'.

Note: Deleting a board is irreversible (there is no option to restore an archived board). This is also mentioned in the archiving-screen before confirming this action.

Note: A board can only be archived by its admin.

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