Delete the Application

If you are the Signing Official you have access to the Delete Application feature in ASSIST. The Delete Application feature allows you to permanently delete an entire application in any status.

IMPORTANT: Deleting an application is a permanent action. Once deleted, the application cannot be accessed, re-instated, or viewed. There is no way to recover a deleted application.

NOTE: ASSIST also has a Delete Component feature for deleting individual components of a multi-project application. Refer to the topic titled Delete a Component for steps on deleting individual components.

To delete the entire application:

1. Open the Application Information page of the application you wish to delete.
2. From the Actions panel, select the Delete Application button.

   

   A confirmation message displays as follows: You are about to delete this application. Once this application has been deleted you will no longer be able to re-instate or view it. Do you wish to continue with the delete?

   

3. Select the appropriate action:

   You may cancel the action at this point by selecting the Go Back button. If you choose Go Back, the delete process ends, you return to the summary tab from which you began, and the following steps are no longer applicable.

   –OR–

   To continue with the deletion, select the Continue button.

   Upon continuing, a second confirmation displays as follows: Selecting Continue will delete this application permanently.

   

4. This warning provides a final means of aborting the deletion. Carefully select the appropriate action:

   To stop the deletion process, select the Go Back button. If you choose Go Back, the delete process ends, you return to the summary tab from which you began, and the following steps are no longer applicable.

   –OR–

   To confirm the action and permanently delete the application, select the Continue button. Remember that this action is irreversible. Once the application is deleted, you cannot re-instate it.

You cannot delete an application if one or more of the forms are locked by yourself or another ASSIST user. If a form is locked, you will see the following error on your screen after continuing from the second confirmation screen:

The application cannot be deleted as the following form(s) are currently locked by <User ID> in: <application ID>: <locked form>

Once you've successfully deleted the application, the ASSIST log in page displays with the message Application successfully deleted.