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title: "Delete a Document from the Archive"
slug: "delete-a-file-from-the-archive"
description: "This page describes how to permanently delete files from the Keep archive."
updated: 2026-04-09T15:01:58Z
published: 2026-04-09T15:01:58Z
canonical: "kb.lasernetgroup.com/delete-a-file-from-the-archive"
---

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# Delete a Document from the Archive

You can permanently delete documents from the Keep archive.

However, you can delete only hidden documents. For this reason, to delete a document, you must follow this process:

1. Search Keep for the documents that you want to delete.

> [!WARNING]
> Important
> 
> The search configuration that you use must be set up as follows:
> 
> - **Settings** > **Document Visibility** set to **Visible Documents**.
> - **Enable Document Hide** selected.
2. Select those documents in the search results, click **Hide Documents** in the action bar, then click **Confirm** in the **Hide documents** window. The documents are now hidden.

![Hide documents from search results](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/hide documents(1).png)
3. Use a different search to find the documents that you hid.

> [!WARNING]
> Important
> 
> This search configuration must be set up as follows:
> 
> - **Settings** > **Document Visibility** set to **Hidden Documents**.
> - **Enable Document Restore** selected.
> - **Enable Document Deletion** selected.
4. Select those documents in the search results, click **Delete documents** in the action bar, then click **Confirm** in the **Delete documents** window. The files are now permanently deleted.

![Delete documents from search results](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/delete documents.png)

> [!TIP]
> Tip
> 
> To unhide the documents (and make them available to users again) instead of deleting them, click **Unhide documents** in the action bar.
> 
> ![Unhide documents from search results.](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/unhide documents.png)