# Deleting datasets

Available in...

* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Integration
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Cloud Pipeline Designer Standard Edition
* Data Fabric

When a dataset is not useful to you anymore, you can simply delete it to remove it from your inventory.

## Procedure

1. From the dataset list, you can either:
   * Delete a single dataset.
   * Delete several datasets in a single operation.
2. To delete a single dataset:
   1. Hover over the dataset you want to delete.
   2. Click the Open menu icon and select Remove this dataset.

      ![Open menu icon from the dataset list.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-inventory-user-guide/Resources/images/delete_dataset_1.png)
3. To delete multiple datasets:
   1. Select the check box next to every dataset you want to delete or select the check box on the top of the column to select the whole list.
   2. Click the Delete button on the top of the dataset list.

      ![Selection of the datasets to be deleted.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-inventory-user-guide/Resources/images/delete_dataset_2.png)

      Information noteNote: Although the primary purpose is to perform mass deletion, you can also use this method to delete a single dataset.

## Results

The selected datasets are deleted.