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Edit, archive or restore a project

Change a project's name, description and recording setting, archive it to hide it without losing data, and restore it from the Archived tab any time.

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You can change a project's details at any time, and archive projects you're not using. Archiving hides a project from your active list and frees up a slot against your plan's project limit, without deleting anything.

Before you start

Edit a project

  1. Open the project and select Settings in the sidebar.
  2. Change what you need under Project details:
  3. Select Save changes at the bottom of the form. You'll see a Project updated message.
The project settings page with the project name, a disabled Website URL, description, recording and Cloudflare switches
Project settings

The Website URL is greyed out. A project's URL can't be changed after creation, because the knowledge base, test cases and issues all describe that specific app. To test a different URL, create a new project.

Archive a project

  1. Open the project's Settings and select Archive at the top right. You can also open the menu on the project's card in the Projects list and choose Archive.

  2. Confirm in the dialog. It reads: Archive "project name"? The project will be hidden from your active projects list. You can unarchive it at any time.

    The Archive project dialog with Cancel and Archive project buttons
    Confirm the archive

  3. Select Archive project. TestOptim shows Project archived and takes you back to the Projects list. (Archiving from the card menu shows Project archived successfully and stays on the list.)

The Projects list after archiving, showing an Archived badge on the project and a Project archived message
The archived project stays in the list

What archiving does

  • The project disappears from the Active tab. It stays in All, and shows in the Archived tab, with an Archived badge.
  • All of its data stays: knowledge base, test cases, test runs, recordings and issues. Nothing is deleted.
  • It no longer counts toward your plan's project limit when you create a new project.
  • You can't start an exploration or generate test cases for an archived project. TestOptim shows "Cannot explore an archived project" or "Cannot generate test cases for an archived project".

Note

Archiving doesn't cancel anything on your bill. It only frees a project slot. See Change or cancel your plan.

Restore an archived project

  1. Go to Projects and select the Archived tab.
  2. Open the menu on the project's card and choose Unarchive.
The menu on an archived project's card, with View Details, Edit, Start Test Run and Unarchive
Unarchive from the card menu

The project is restored straight away, with a Project restored successfully message, and it moves back to the Active tab with all of its data.

Note

Restoring doesn't check your project limit. If you restore a project while all your slots are in use, you'll be over the limit and can't create another project until you archive one or upgrade.

Delete a project

There's no way to permanently delete a project yourself. If you need a project and its data removed, contact support.

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