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title: "Delete a Beacon"
slug: "delete-a-beacon"
updated: 2026-08-06T15:17:17Z
published: 2026-08-06T15:17:17Z
canonical: "support.whatfix.com/delete-a-beacon"
---

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# Delete a Beacon

Whatfix enables you to delete Beacons. You can delete a single Beacon from the collection or the entire Beacon collection.

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- Whatfix widgets can be deleted only in the Draft and the Ready stages.
- Once deleted, a widget can't be restored. Consider [archiving](/desktop/docs/archive-whatfix-content-or-widgets) them instead.

## Delete a Beacon from a Beacon collection

Use the following steps to delete a Beacon from a Collection:

1. On the Whatfix Guidance dashboard, click **Widgets**. ![ia_left_nav_widgets](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/ia_left_nav_widgets.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
2. Click **Beacons**. ![ia_widget_beacons](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/ia_widget_beacons.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)

1. Hover your cursor over the Beacon collection in which you want to delete a Beacon, and then click the **Edit** icon. ![db_widgets_edit_icon](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_widgets_edit_icon.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
2. Go to the Beacon that you want to delete from the collection, and then click **Delete**. ![delete button](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/delete%20button.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
3. Click **Save**. ![save2](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/save%282%29.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)

## Delete an entire Beacon collection

Deleting a Beacon collection removes all the Beacons created in that collection.

Use the following steps to delete an entire Beacon collection:

1. On the Whatfix Guidance Dashboard, click **Widgets**. ![db_click_widgets](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_click_widgets.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
2. Click **Beacons**. ![db_widgets_beacons](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_widgets_beacons.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
3. Hover your cursor over the Beacon collection you want to delete, and then click the **more** icon. ![db_beacons_more](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_beacons_more.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
4. Click **Delete**. ![db_beacons_more_delete](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_beacons_more_delete.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
5. In the confirmation pop-up, click **Delete**. ![db_widget_delete](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_widget_delete.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)

## Delete Multiple Beacon segments

Use the following steps to delete multiple Beacon segments:

1. On the Whatfix Guidance Dashboard, click **Widgets**. ![db_click_widgets](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_click_widgets.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
2. Click **Beacons**. ![db_widgets_beacons](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_widgets_beacons.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
3. Select the Beacon segments you want to delete. ![CLM_DB_Select_beacons](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/CLM_DB_Select_beacons.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
4. Click the **Delete widgets** icon. ![db_delete_widgets](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_delete_widgets.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)
5. In the confirmation pop-up, click **Delete All**. ![db_widgets_delete_all](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/db_widgets_delete_all.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-12T08%3A27%3A34Z&se=2026-11-12T09%3A27%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=egqYttIwlOdwXn26rnfAOy6DOJ%2F2SGzy2ITmpm3tHMI%3D)