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 table, right-click the row for the scan policy you want to delete.

   The actions menu appears.

4. Click Delete.

   A confirmation window appears.

5. Click Delete.

   Tenable Security Center deletes the scan policy.

To delete multiple scan policies:

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 table, select the check box for each scan policy you want to delete.

   The available actions appear at the top of the table.

4. At the top of the table, click Delete.

   A confirmation window appears.

5. Click Delete.

   Tenable Security Center deletes the scan policies.