Deleting data in Airtable
  • 28 Oct 2022
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Article Summary

When you delete data in Airtable, that data will remain on Airtable's services for a retention period before it's permanently deleted. During this time, it's possible to recover accidentally deleted data through functions like the trash, the undo keyboard shortcut, or by contacting Airtable support, as well as allowing you to see records of who made what changes, when. After this retention period, your data will automatically be permanently deleted.

If you'd like to permanently delete your data before the retention period, you can write in to privacy@airtable.com for further instructions.

Otherwise, you can delete accounts, bases, and workspaces yourself and they'll be permanently deleted after the retention period.

How to delete an account

Please follow the instructions in this article on deleting your account.

How to delete a workspace

Please follow the instructions in this article on deleting a workspace. Note that you must be an owner of the workspace in order to delete it.

How to delete a base

Please follow the instructions in this article on deleting a base. Note that you must have creator permissions for the workspace in which the base is contained in order to delete it.

How to delete a record/records

To permanently delete a record, first follow the steps to delete a record here. After that, duplicate the base in which the deleted record was contained, and delete the original base. (This is to ensure the deletion of any snapshots that could contain the deleted record.)


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