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# Restore a deleted survey

In this walkthrough you will see how to delete, restore and re-open a survey for users.

## ❌ Delete a survey

![](https://1025048312-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M8fLhS0bmfBRyq0HdUm%2F-MBYbG7flytJ7g1l5Vwo%2F-MB_atxdf8-B4FLczoqi%2Fcaptured%20\(2\).gif?alt=media\&token=e808bfac-abf1-4241-8aa8-d996561067e2)

1. At the **Open Surveys** menu choose the survey to delete
2. Press on 3 vertical dots on the left from the survey name
3. Choose **delete** option and confirm by pressing Delete red bar 

## ↩️ Restore a survey

![](https://1025048312-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M8fLhS0bmfBRyq0HdUm%2F-MBYbG7flytJ7g1l5Vwo%2F-MB_cVw2kGHFyUPAnW23%2Fcaptured%20\(1\)123.png?alt=media\&token=3791aa26-918d-477c-b629-922ea02bee82)

1. Go to the **Trashcan** at the **Forms** menu on the left.
2. Press on 3 vertical dots on the left from the survey name.
3. Choose **restore** option.

## ✅ Re-open a survey

The survey is automatically closed when moved to the trashcan folder as such you need to re-open the survey after being restored. 

![](https://1025048312-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M8fLhS0bmfBRyq0HdUm%2F-MBYbG7flytJ7g1l5Vwo%2F-MB_doDn6YcCS-kEXxbq%2Fcaptured%20\(4\).png?alt=media\&token=ff4b8d22-a7ed-4660-97b0-d74cb20358ac)

1. Go to the **Projects** 📁folder at the **Forms** menu on the left.
2. Press on the restored survey.
3. Enable the [Open option](/form-management/overview-reports/overview-title.md) on the top of the overview page near the surveys name.


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