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title: Delete a dataset
url: https://docs.triply.cc/how-to/delete-a-dataset/
description: Delete a TriplyDB dataset permanently, and the three things to check before you do.
---

# Delete a dataset

Deleting a dataset is permanent. There is no undo and no recycle bin, and the graphs, the assets
and the running services go with it.

## Before you delete

1. **Export what you want to keep.** See [Export data](https://docs.triply.cc/how-to/export-data/). Once the dataset is gone,
   so is the only copy TriplyDB holds.
2. **Check what points at it.** Saved queries and stories built on this dataset stop working, as
   do any datasets elsewhere that imported graphs from it. Those references are not removed for
   you; they fail rather than disappear.
3. **Consider whether the IRIs are public.** If the dataset has been published, other people's
   data may link to its IRIs, and any redirects configured for dereferencing will resolve to
   nothing.

If the dataset merely needs to leave your account rather than cease to exist, use **Transfer
ownership**, beside **Delete dataset** on the same page, instead. That keeps the data but still
breaks existing links to the dataset's pages and API addresses.

## Delete it

1. Open the dataset's **Settings** from its left-hand sidebar.
2. Click **Delete dataset**, at the bottom of the page.
3. Confirm with **Delete**.

TriplyDB then takes you to your account's list of datasets.

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## Related

- [Export data](https://docs.triply.cc/how-to/export-data/) — keeping a copy first
- [Share and publish data](https://docs.triply.cc/how-to/share-and-publish/) — the rest of the dataset's settings page