# Archive and Delete (https://docs.carlio.app/docs/inventory/archive-or-delete-a-car)

Remove a car from the working inventory by deleting it or by archiving it



This guide removes a car from the working inventory.

**Requirements:** The Owner or Manager role.

## Delete or archive one car [#delete-or-archive-one-car]

1. Open the car and select the menu with the label **More actions for** followed by the car name. Alternatively use the same menu on the row in the list.
2. Select **Delete**.
3. Read the dialog. The dashboard checks what is recorded against the car.
4. Confirm with the button that the dialog offers.

The dialog has one of three outcomes.

| Outcome               | Condition                                                      | Button              |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| **Delete**            | No transaction, expected transaction or deal refers to the car | **Delete vehicle**  |
| **Archive**           | At least one such record exists                                | **Archive vehicle** |
| **Cannot be deleted** | Such records exist and the car is already archived             | **Close** only      |

A deleted car is removed together with its photos, videos, documents and history. This cannot be undone. The dashboard returns to the inventory list and shows a message.

An archived car keeps every linked record. It leaves the working inventory and the car pickers of the deal, task and transaction forms. The dashboard returns to the list and shows a message.

<Callout type="warn">
  Deleting a car is permanent. Archive the car when it has ever carried a cost or a deal.
</Callout>

## Delete several cars [#delete-several-cars]

1. Tick the cars in the list.
2. Select **Delete** in the strip that shows the number of selected cars.
3. Select the button that reads **Delete** followed by the number and the word cars.

The dashboard deletes each car separately. Cars with transactions, expected transactions or deals are skipped. Archive those cars one at a time. Two messages report the number of cars removed and the number that could not be removed.

## View and return archived cars [#view-and-return-archived-cars]

1. In **Inventory**, select **Show archived cars**.
2. Open the car. The page shows the badge **Archived**.
3. Open **More actions for** and select **Return to inventory**.

The car returns to the working inventory at once. No confirmation appears. A message states that the car was returned.

## Rules [#rules]

* The archive view and the working inventory never mix in one list.
* The counts, the filters and the stage chips describe the view that is open.
* A team member needs the delete right to archive or return a car, because the same right covers all three actions.
* Jobs do not block a delete. Only transactions, expected transactions and deals do.

## Result [#result]

An archived car does not appear in the working inventory. Reports and ledgers still name the car.