Before removing items from your investigation, consider saving your work:
- Consider saving the whole investigation. For instructions, refer to Saving an Investigation.
- Consider saving a study or assay node as a template, so you can create new studies or assays based on that template. This feature is helpful when you need similar elements across multiple studies or assays. For instructions, refer to Saving a Node as a Template.
The following table describes how to remove the investigation or various parts of the investigation.
| Part | To Remove |
|---|---|
| Investigation | In the Node panel, right click the investigation node and select Remove investigation. |
| Study | In the Node panel, right click the study node and select Remove study. |
| Assay | In the Node panel, right click the assay node and select Remove assay. |
| Element group | In the Element panel, click the X to the right of the element group heading. (If the system requires the element group, the X is not available.) |
| Element | In the Element panel, click the X to the right of the element field. (If the system requires the element, the X is not available.) |
| Process | In the Visualization panel, in process view, click Delete Process. |
| Process step | In the Visualization panel, in process view, click the X next to the process step icon. |
