Delete a Scan Policy

Required User Role: Administrator or organizational user with appropriate permissions. For more information, see User Roles.

For more information, see Scan Policies.

Note: If you delete a scan policy referenced by an active scan, Tenable Security Center disables the scan. For more information, see Scan Result Statuses.

Before you begin:

• If any active scans reference the scan policy you intend to delete, update the active scans to use a different scan policy, as described in Manage Active Scans.

To delete a scan policy:

1. Log in to Tenable Security Center via the user interface.

2. Click Scanning > Policies (administrator users) or Scans > Policies (organizational users).

   The Policies page appears.

3. In the row for the scan policy you want to delete, click the menu.

   The actions menu appears.

4. Click Delete.

   A confirmation window appears.

5. Click Delete.

   Tenable Security Center deletes the scan policy.