How to Delete a Project in LinkedIn Recruiter

LinkedIn Recruiter projects help recruiters organize candidates, searches, notes, and hiring workflows. If a project is outdated, duplicated, or no longer needed, you may want to delete or archive it.

Menu labels can vary by LinkedIn Recruiter version and permissions, but the general workflow is similar.

Quick Answer

To delete a project in LinkedIn Recruiter:

1. Open LinkedIn Recruiter.
2. Go to Projects.
3. Select the project you want to remove.
4. Open the project options menu.
5. Choose Delete, Archive, or a similar project-management option.
6. Confirm the action.

If you do not see a delete option, your account permissions may not allow project deletion.

Delete vs Archive

Some Recruiter accounts may offer archiving instead of permanent deletion. Archiving is usually safer because it removes the project from active workflows without permanently losing important hiring context.

Before deleting, check whether the project contains:

• saved candidates
• notes
• messages
• hiring pipeline stages
• shared team activity
• saved searches

How Projects Relate to Search History

Projects are different from search history. A project stores recruiting workflow information, while search history stores recent or saved searches.

For search history cleanup, see how to delete search history on LinkedIn Recruiter.

How to Remove Saved Searches From a Project

If your issue is a saved search rather than the project itself, delete the saved search instead of the whole project.

Read how to delete saved searches in LinkedIn Recruiter.

Privacy and Cleanup Tips

Before removing a project:

1. Export or save important candidate notes if allowed.
2. Check whether teammates still use the project.
3. Confirm whether deletion is permanent.
4. Remove outdated saved searches.
5. Review account privacy and login security.

Related Guides

• How to delete LinkedIn search history
• How to delete search history on LinkedIn Recruiter
• Why clearing your history does not clear everything

Final Thoughts

Deleting a LinkedIn Recruiter project can help clean up hiring workflows, but make sure the project does not contain important candidate or team data. If deletion is not available, archiving may be the better option.