# Deleting projects

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/deleting-projects/49740>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [August 13, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/deleting-projects/49740 "2025-08-13T00:16:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![macca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@macca](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/macca)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/deleting-projects/49740/1 "2025-08-13T00:16:22Z")

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If I want to clean up and do a fresh start to elements, how do i delete the projects in my dashboard

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**Author:** ![maxken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@maxken](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/maxken)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/deleting-projects/49740/2 "2025-08-13T02:20:09Z")

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If you click the small circular icon next to the project’s path shown on the dashboard, Elements will open a Finder window of the folder containing that project (projects have a .elements extension). You can then “move to bin” the unwanted project(s) in the usual way.

The project will disappear from the list on the next restart of Elements or if the dashboard is reopened.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/deleting-projects/49740/3 "2025-08-13T08:58:29Z")

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You can use the Clear Menu option, then restart Elements. The list should now be empty 🙂

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