Delete an Asset

Delete individual assets from your dataset to remove unwanted, duplicate, or low-quality data. This helps maintain dataset quality and optimize storage usage.

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Before you delete

• Deletion is permanent — Deleted assets cannot be recovered
• Annotations are removed — All annotations associated with the asset will be deleted
• Training impact — Assets used in completed training runs remain in model history but cannot be accessed
• Create a backup — Consider downloading your dataset before deleting critical assets

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When to delete an asset

Delete assets in these situations:

• Poor quality — Images that are blurry, corrupted, or otherwise unusable
• Duplicates — Multiple copies of the same content
• Incorrect data — Assets uploaded to the wrong dataset by mistake
• Data cleanup — Removing test or placeholder data
• Privacy concerns — Assets containing sensitive information that should not be retained
• Storage optimization — Removing unnecessary data to reduce storage costs

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Navigate to your dataset

1. In your organization, click the Explorer tab in the sidebar menu

2. Select the dataset containing the asset you want to delete

3. Click on the Assets tab to view all assets in the dataset

4. Locate the asset you want to remove

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Delete an asset

1. Find the asset you want to delete in the Dataset Explorer

2. Hover over the asset thumbnail to reveal the action menu (⋯) in the bottom-right corner

3. Click the action menu (⋯) to open the asset options

4. Select Delete Asset from the dropdown menu

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Asset action menu

The action menu provides three options:

• Annotate Asset — Open the asset in the annotation tool
• View Raw File — View the original file
• Delete Asset — Permanently remove the asset

5. A confirmation dialog appears asking you to confirm the deletion

6. Click Confirm or Delete to permanently remove the asset

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Immediate effect

Once deleted, the asset and all its associated annotations are immediately and permanently removed from your dataset. This action cannot be undone.

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Verify deletion

After deletion:

• The asset is removed from the Dataset Explorer
• The total asset count decreases by one
• All annotations associated with the asset are permanently deleted
• The asset is no longer available for training or deployment

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Delete multiple assets

If you need to delete multiple assets at once, use the bulk delete feature instead of deleting them one by one.

Learn more about bulk actions →

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Best practices

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Next steps