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How do I delete a document?


Deleting a draft


From your user homepage, click on dots next to a document card title and then select Delete Document.


Note: if you are not the document owner you can "leave" a document but not delete it.




Deleting a publication


Sorry, you cannot delete a publication. Your publication on Authorea was "pre-printed" and registered with a DOI. As such, it is part of the permanent, citable scholarly literature and cannot be removed. But don’t worry—preprints and other similar preliminary research findings are a normal part of the scholarly process nowadays. Preprinting is accepted and encouraged by virtually all scholarly journals, funders, research and academic institutions.



Frequently Asked Questions:

  1. But what if I am rejected from the journal I originally submitted to?
  2. Can I get scooped if my research is openly visible to anyone?
  3. How do I fix or update the content or author information of my preprint?


[Read all FAQs about the Under Review service
](https://support.authorea.com/en-us/article/preprints-on-authorea-with-the-under-review-service-17y6l8x/)



Updated on: 09/09/2020