Before you delete

Deleting one application is not the same as deleting its package. The rules differ. Both apply only before you submit the package.

  • You can delete one application on its own only while its status is Draft.
  • You can delete a whole package while every application in it is Draft or Ready To Submit.

To remove a Ready To Submit application, delete its package. You cannot delete that application on its own. Mark an application Ready To Submit explains the ready status.

Your screen may also show a Delete icon on a Ready To Submit row. Do not use it. To remove ready work, delete the package or first change the application to be deleted to Draft.

Choose the level carefully. Deleting a package removes every application in it. Neither deletion can be undone.

Expanded package in Draft Applications with Delete Package and the Draft row's Delete icon highlighted, beside a Ready To Submit application whose icon is not highlighted

Delete one draft application

  1. Open Draft Applications. Find draft and submitted applications explains where draft work lives.
  2. Expand the package to see its applications.
  3. Check that the application's status is Draft.
  4. Select the Delete icon on the application's row.

  5. Read the Delete Case confirmation. It names the case number and warns that the action cannot be undone.

    Delete Case confirmation naming the case, warning that the action cannot be undone, with Cancel and Delete buttons

  6. Select Delete only if you want to remove the application. Cancel closes it without deleting anything.

Delete a whole package

  1. Open Draft Applications and find the package.
  2. Check that every application in the package is Draft or Ready To Submit.
  3. Select Delete Package on the package row.

  4. Read the Delete Package confirmation. It warns that all cases within the package will be deleted.

    Delete Package confirmation warning that all cases within the package will be deleted, with the acknowledgement box unticked and the Delete button disabled

  5. Tick the acknowledgement box. The Delete button stays disabled until you tick it.
  6. Select Delete only if you want to remove the whole package. Cancel closes it without deleting anything.

What happens next

After you confirm, the portal removes the draft work. A deleted package takes every application in it. The deletion cannot be undone.

These rules apply only before you submit the package. They do not apply to submitted work.