Delete resources

Learn how to delete a specific process or decision definition version in Camunda 8 Operate.

Delete process definition

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Deleting a process definition permanently removes it and has the following effects:

• All the deleted process definition's finished process instances will be deleted from the application.
• All decision and process instances referenced by the deleted process instances will be deleted.
• If a process definition contains user tasks, they will be deleted from Tasklist.

To delete a process definition from the Processes page, take the following steps:

1. In the Filter panel, select a specific process version by filtering by process name and version. In Operate, you can only delete a version that has no running instances; the Delete button is disabled otherwise. You can cancel or resolve running process instances from the process instances list or from the process instance detail page.
2. Click the Delete button at the top right.
3. Confirm the delete operation by checking the checkbox and clicking Delete.

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A process definition that was deleted while it still had running instances (for example, using the delete resource command) is draining. Operate marks it with a Draining tag and removes it automatically once its last instance finishes. To see which instances are keeping it alive, open the definition and view its running instances.

Delete decision definition

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Deleting a decision definition will delete the DRD and will impact the following:

• Deleting a decision definition removes the DRD that contains it. All other decision tables and literal expressions that are part of the DRD will also be deleted.
• Deleting the only existing version of a decision definition could result in process incidents.

1. On the Decisions page, select a specific decision version by filtering by decision name and version.
2. Click the Delete button at the top right.
3. Confirm the delete operation by checking the checkbox and clicking Delete.