Delete a Scan

Required Policy Permissions: Administrator or scan owner

When you permanently delete a scan, you delete the scan configuration and scan results for all users the scan is shared with.

The workflow for deleting a remediation scan differs from the workflow described in this procedure. For more information, see the Delete a remediation scan steps at the end of this topic.

Caution: After you delete a scan, you cannot recover the scan or any scan data associated with the scan. Delete only scans you are certain you no longer need to view or run.

Before you begin:

• Move the scan to the Trash folder.

To delete a scan:

1. In the left navigation, click Scans.

   The Scans page appears.

2. Below Scans, choose to view Vulnerability Management Scans or Web Application Scans.

3. In the Folders section, click the Trash folder.

   The scan table updates to show the scans in the trash folder.

4. Do one of the following:

   • Select a single scan:

     1. In the scans table, roll over the scan you want to delete.

     2. In the row, click the button.

        A menu appears.

     3. Click Delete.

        A confirmation window appears.

   • Select multiple scans:

     1. In the scans table, select the check box next to the scans you want to delete.

        The action bar appears at the top of the table.

     2. In the action bar, click the Delete button.

        A confirmation window appears.

5. In the confirmation window, click Delete.

   Tenable Vulnerability Management deletes the scan or scans you selected.

Delete a remediation scan

Required Scan Permissions: Can Configure

When you delete a remediation scan, you delete the scan configuration and scan results for all users the scan is shared with.

Note:Tenable Vulnerability Management deletes scan results older than 90 days.

To delete a remediation scan:

1. In the upper-left corner, click the button.

   The left navigation plane appears.

2. In the left navigation plane, click Scans.

   The Scans page appears.

3. In the Folders section, click the Remediation Scans folder.
   Note: The Remediation Scans folder only shows for Tenable Vulnerability Management scans.

   The scan table updates to show remediation scans that you own or that other users have shared with you. By default, the rows are sorted by Created Date.

4. Do one of the following:

   • Select a single scan:

     1. In the scans table, roll over the scan you want to delete.

     2. In the row, click the button.

        A menu appears.

     3. Click Delete.

        A confirmation window appears.

   • Select multiple scans:

     1. In the scans table, select the check box next to the scans you want to delete.

        The action bar appears at the top of the table.

     2. In the action bar, click the Delete button.

        A confirmation window appears.

5. In the confirmation window, click Delete.

   Tenable Vulnerability Management deletes the scan or scans you selected.

   Note: Tenable Vulnerability Management keeps up to 10,000 of the most recent remediation scan results. Once you have more than 10,000 remediation scan results, Tenable Vulnerability Management deletes the scan results, starting with the oldest result.