# Property clean up -- making archiving simple **URL:** \ **Category:** HubSpot Ideas\ **Tags:** account-settings\ **Created:** [October 25, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555 "2023-10-25T11:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WilhelmV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/48db29/32.png) [@WilhelmV](https://community.hubspot.com/u/WilhelmV)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555/1 "2023-10-25T11:20:30Z")
Currently to clean up properties and archive them you need to remove the property from all views it is used under which might be created from other user meaning you would need to contact them and check manually who created each with. This is a time consuming effort that requires a to get involved all parties that created views. There should be a simple way to remove a property from existing views for admins and potentially leave a note as notification for the reasoning to people that had it in their views. ---
**Author:** ![VEspo](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/vespo/32/44503_2.png) [@VEspo](https://community.hubspot.com/u/VEspo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555/2 "2023-10-25T13:00:53Z")
This would be a huge help! ---
**Author:** ![rarmstrong](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/rarmstrong/32/68653_2.png) [@rarmstrong](https://community.hubspot.com/u/rarmstrong)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555/3 "2023-12-09T02:14:27Z")
Agreed- no reason why the property has to remain on future deals because it was utilized on past ones that are now closed. ---
**Author:** ![Hildegaard](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/hildegaard/32/66470_2.png) [@Hildegaard](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Hildegaard)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555/4 "2024-01-11T10:50:46Z")
Agree. From time to time I need to archeive a property but I find it a bit of a challenge since the property is used in workflows, reports and views etc. like this: ![Hildegaard_0-1704970174177.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/2/72906dd044c6f4039a923c83b945c6ee9e74afa5.png) What I normally do is that i’m clicking through each view and remove the column and save it. Issue is now that I save it in my own name and not the original owner, since I cannot save it as the original owner. Alternatively, I need to login as the specific user and remove the column click save etc. For me, as a super admin, I really don’t understand why I cannot force a removal of a property even though it is being use. It is so time consuming to do this process manually. ---
**Author:** ![ki392](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/ki392/32/79091_2.png) [@ki392](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ki392)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555/5 "2024-01-19T17:39:56Z")
this is absolutely ridiculous that System Admins can’t archive a property that’s used in a saved view created by someone else. contacting them to ask them to remove the property is a waste of time and adds so much effort to simple database management ---
**Author:** ![OmerHameed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ccd318/32.png) [@OmerHameed](https://community.hubspot.com/u/OmerHameed)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555/6 "2024-08-27T08:51:34Z")
I also faced the same issue. I have tons of properties in my hubspot account, that property is associated with multiple objects, contacts, companies, deals also the occurence is found in multiple views and workflows. Now I can not force the property to ve removed from all the occurences. I need to go on each object and remove the occurence manually. Admin should have the ability to remove the property occurrence from anywhere directly, He can forcefully delete, if any error is found on workflows or view, they will response as an error. Till the time the owner of that view and workflow comes and resolve the workflow again. Also the email should be sent to the owner of that view or workflow when someone is deleting the property. ---
**Author:** ![rwebb1](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/rwebb1/32/2741_2.png) [@rwebb1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/rwebb1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555/7 "2024-12-05T16:56:01Z")
👋Hi all, I’m Rachel from the HubSpot Product team! It’s now possible to **delete properties that are Used In index page Views as a sort/column** , without manually removing that property from each View. The goal of this update is to make it easier to clean up properties that aren’t critical your CRM data model. - This functionality is available as part of the **Improved property archive experience** **beta** available to all tiers and hubs - To get access to this beta, request access via Product Updates ([**beta update here**](https://app.hubspot.com/l/product-updates/?update=13963232)) - To test it out, simply Archive a property that is _only_ used in index page views as a column/sort - you’ll be able to Archive directly in Property Settings and the property will be automatically removed from the corresponding Views ---
**Author:** ![rwebb1](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/rwebb1/32/2741_2.png) [@rwebb1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/rwebb1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555/8 "2024-12-05T16:56:50Z")
Separately, I wanted to also highlight that it’s now possible for admins to edit unowned views ([update here](https://app.hubspot.com/l/product-updates/?update=13958466)). ---
**Author:** ![JeannieN](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jeannien/32/11726_2.png) [@JeannieN](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JeannieN)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/property-clean-up-making-archiving-simple/92555/9 "2026-02-27T00:57:41Z")
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