Archiving a project helps prevent unauthorized changes to it and saves historical data. Archiving also declutters active data by hiding completed or inactive projects from the Project plan, while ensuring their past data is still accessible for reference.

Archiving a project:

• Keeps all historical data in a read-only format

• Prevents allocating time and time tracking against the project

There are several ways to archive a project.

Archived projects are moved to the Archived tab of the Projects page.

While archiving does not hide the project’s allocations from the Schedule, it makes them read-only and prevents them from being scheduled in the future.

💡 Here's a tip: To hide archived allocations from the Schedule, filter by the project status Active.

Archived projects are not displayed on the Project plan, but you can still display the Project view for an archived project by clicking on its name from the Projects page.

To edit or permanently delete allocations belonging to the archive project, you need to activate it first. 

Archived projects and all their historical data are automatically included in the reports.

To restore an archived project, switch to the Archived tab on the Projects page, select a project, and click Activate > Move to active.

Only archived projects can be deleted. You must archive a project before you can remove it completely. To permanently delete an archived project, switch to the Archived tab on the Projects page, select a project, and click Delete.
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Deleting a project deletes all associated tasks, phases, and milestones and any time allocated or logged for that project. Deleted projects cannot be restored.