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Delete a Work Order

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Platform:WebMobile
Plan Type:BasicEssentialPremiumEnterprise
User Type:RequesterFull UserAdministrator

This article explains how to delete a work order, bulk delete work orders, and restore a deleted work order. Administrators can delete any work order. Full Users can only delete work orders that they created.

Deleting cycle count work orders

You can't delete a work order for a cycle count. Instead, you have to delete the cycle count itself. When you delete the cycle count, MaintainX deletes the corresponding work order automatically, and stops all future occurrences. Previous occurrences of the work order are not deleted. You can still access them (e.g., for reporting). For details, see Delete a Cycle Count.

To delete a work order:

  1. From the sidebar, select Work Orders.
  2. Select the work order you want to delete.
  3. In the work order details, select (more options).
  4. Select Delete.
  5. When prompted, select Confirm to delete the work order.

When you delete a work order, the work order details display the deletion date and time.

Bulk Delete Work Orders​

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You can only bulk delete work orders from the MaintainX web app.

To bulk delete work orders:

  1. From the sidebar, select Work Orders.
  2. Select (To Do View) or (Table View).
  3. On the work orders, hover over the work order icon until a checkbox appears.
  4. Select the checkbox for each work order you want to delete.
  5. Select the (Trash can) icon to delete the selected work orders.
  6. When prompted, select Confirm to delete the work orders.

If you are in Table View, the deleted work orders appear highlighted in the table.

Restore a Deleted Work Order​

If you delete a work order by mistake, you can restore it from the Table view in the Work Orders module.

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You can only restore deleted work orders from the MaintainX web app.

To restore a deleted work order:

  1. From the sidebar, select Work Orders.
  2. Select (Table View).
  3. In the Table view, select (Settings).
  4. In the Table view settings, go to Options and toggle on Show deleted Work Orders.
  5. Select Apply.
    • In the Table View, deleted work orders appear highlighted.
  6. To select the work order you want to restore:
    • Hover over the icon of each deleted work order you want to restore until a checkbox appears.
    • Select the checkbox.
  7. From the Edit Work Order toolbar, select the (Restore) icon.
  8. When prompted, select Confirm to restore the selected work order.
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For easy access to deleted work orders in the Table View, add the Deleted On column to the table to sort your work orders by that column. This groups all deleted work orders at the top of your table. For more information, see View and Filter Work Orders.