Delete an objective

> Note: Your organization may have renamed this feature. If you don't see "Objectives" in your navigation, check with your admin for the name used in your account.

Permanently delete an objective you have permission to manage. The objective is removed from all places in 15Five immediately upon deletion.

Note: Deletion is permanent. If you want to retain a record of the objective, use archive or close instead. See .

Before You Begin

You must have permission to manage the objective you want to delete. See Role-based permissions for Objectives.

Steps

Go to Objectives in the left-hand navigation.
On the All Objectives page, apply filters to locate the objective you want to delete.
Click the objective name to open its details page.
Click the gear icon, then click Delete objective.
In the confirmation popup, check all confirmation boxes.
Click Yes. Delete objective.

What Success Looks Like

The objective no longer appears anywhere in 15Five.

15Five sends the following email notifications automatically:

Objective owner and their manager receive: Subject: An objective has been deleted
All followers of the objective receive: Subject: An objective you were following has been deleted

If Something Goes Wrong

Issue	Check	Fix
Delete objective option does not appear in the gear menu	Confirm you have manage permissions for this objective	Ask the objective owner or an admin to delete it, or request that your permissions be updated
Confirmation checkboxes are greyed out or unresponsive	Check for browser extensions blocking interactive elements	Disable extensions or try a different browser, then repeat the steps
Objective still appears after deletion	Hard-refresh the page (Ctrl+Shift+R or Cmd+Shift+R)	If the objective still appears after refreshing, contact 15Five Support

Not Covered Here

This article does not cover archiving or closing an objective. See .

Was this article helpful?

Sorry to hear that. Tell us what was missing →