Archive or reopen a Task Mining project

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title: Archive or reopen a Task Mining project
description: Prepare to delete an unused project according to your data retention policy.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Task Mining
classification: task-mining
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Defining the scope of projects, Use, Task Mining, Discover, AI Workflow Factory Prime, Agentic app development, Building applications]
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# Archive or reopen a Task Mining project

Prepare to delete an unused project according to your data retention policy.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Task Mining Workspace**.

2.  Navigate to the project you want to archive.

3.  Select the More actions icon \[Omitted image "more-actions-menu-icon.png"\] Alt text: More Actions icon.

    \[Omitted image "tm-archive.png"\] Alt text: The More actions menu and the Archive option highlighted.

4.  Select **Archive** and confirm.

    \[Omitted image "tm-archive-confirm.png"\] Alt text: The Archive confirmation panel.

    Your project is scheduled to close after the end of your Project retention period. For more information, see [Modify the Task Mining data retention period](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/task-mining/define-data-retention.md).

5.  Navigate to the project you archived that you want to reopen.

6.  Select the More actions icon \[Omitted image "more-actions-menu-icon.png"\] Alt text: More Actions icon.

    \[Omitted image "tm-reopen.png"\] Alt text: The More actions menu and the Reopen option highlighted.

7.  Select **Reopen** and confirm.

    \[Omitted image "tm-reopen-confirm.png"\] Alt text: The Reopen confirmation panel.


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