Deleting Data

Introduction

Due to the sensitive nature of data in Flywheel, not all items are able to be deleted. This article explains which data can be deleted and how to do it.

Instruction Steps

Projects

You must be a Project Admin to delete a project.

1. Click Projects, and select a project.
2. Click Delete Project

Subjects

To delete a subject, you must have read/write permissions for the project.

1. Click Projects, and select the project that includes the subject.
2. Click the Sessions tab.
3. Click to enable subject view and organize the sessions by subject. This is helpful to see which sessions are associated with the subject. These sessions will also be deleted when you delete the subject.

4. Select the subject.

   

5. In the Subject tab, click

6. Confirm you want to delete the subject.

Sessions

To delete a session, you must have read/write permissions for a project.

1. Click Sessions in the left menu.
2. Filter or sort data to find the sessions you are looking for.
3. Select one or more sessions.
4. Go to Actions, and select Delete Data.
5. Confirm you want to delete data.

Acquisitions

To delete an acquisition, you must have read/write permissions for a project.

1. Click Projects, and select a project.
2. Click Sessions.
3. Select a session, and click the Acquisitions tab.

4. Select an acquisition.

   

5. Click the menu , and choose Delete Acquisition.

6. Click Delete to confirm you want to delete the acquisition.

SDK

You can also use the Flywheel SDK to delete data. See our Python and Matlab documentation for more information.

Items that can't be deleted in Flywheel

To ensure reproducibility and to keep logs of what happens to data in Flywheel, certain items in Flywheel cannot be deleted by Flywheel admins. These items are:

• Flywheel Users: You can disable users to prevent them from signing in and to hide them from view
• Gears: Contact Flywheel support (support@flywheel.io) to remove unwanted gears

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