---
title: "Delete a workspace"
description: "Choose whether its contents move to Personal or are permanently deleted."
updated: "2026-10-15"
canonical: https://docs.recordstead.app/workspaces/delete-a-workspace
---

# Delete a workspace

For another workspace, decide what happens to its meetings, people, voices,
Dictionary terms and templates **before** removing it.

## Move everything to Personal

Meetings, people, templates and recognition history move. Duplicate people are
both kept; the arriving one gets its old workspace’s name appended. When two
terms share a recognized spelling, Personal’s term keeps it; a moved term left
with no recognized spelling is dropped.

## Delete all of it

Its contents are permanently removed from Recordstead. Exported files and your
own backups are untouched. Recordings already in an external archive stay
there, but reconnecting cannot restore deleted meetings.

Either way, a connected Google account remains connected. If the deleted
workspace was its only assigned workspace, its calendar becomes visible in every
workspace, not only Personal. Check its
[calendar workspace selection](https://docs.recordstead.app/calendar/choose-workspaces) after deletion.

## Delete a workspace

1. In the main window, open the sidebar’s workspace control and choose
   **Manage Workspaces**.
2. Select the workspace and click − under the list. Check the counts in the sheet.
3. Choose **Move everything to Personal** or **Delete all of it**, then
   **Continue**.
4. For permanent deletion, tick **Yes, delete all data inside this workspace**
   on the second screen, then click **Delete Workspace**.

## Personal cannot be deleted

While Personal is selected, − under the list is unavailable.

## If it will not delete

If Recordstead is still working on a meeting in this workspace (processing,
recording or updating it), both choices are refused. Wait until it finishes and
retry. If some files cannot be
removed immediately, Recordstead reports the count and retries cleanup.

## Related

- [Delete one meeting](https://docs.recordstead.app/your-data/delete-a-meeting)
- [Move a meeting to another workspace](https://docs.recordstead.app/meetings/move-to-workspace)