Delete Assets

The following feature is only available in Tenable FedRAMP Moderate environments.

Required Tenable Vulnerability Management User Role: Scan Operator, Standard, Scan Manager, or Administrator

You can delete assets from the following locations:

  • the Assets page

  • the Asset Detail page

  • the Vulnerability by Asset page

  • the Explore Overview section

When you delete an asset, Tenable Vulnerability Management deletes the asset from the default view of the assets table, deletes vulnerability data associated with the asset, and stops matching scan results to the asset.

Note: You can only delete 1,000 assets at a time.

If the asset is an Explore asset, then Tenable Vulnerability Management removes the asset from your asset count within 24 hours. All other assets remain on your license count until 90 days after Tenable Vulnerability Management last sees the asset in a scan.

Note: If an asset is part of a network with an Asset Age Out setting, this setting overrides these default settings. For more information, see View or Edit a Network.

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

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. Do one of the following:

    Location Action
    Assets page
    1. View the assets table.
    2. In the upper-left corner, in the drop-down menu,

    3. In the assets table, roll over the asset you want to delete.

      The action buttons appear in the row.

    4. In the row, click the More button.

      A menu appears.

    5. Click Delete.

      A confirmation window appears.
    Asset Details page
    1. View the asset details.

    2. In the upper-right corner, click the Actions button.

      The actions menu appears.

    3. In the actions menu, click Delete.

      A confirmation window appears.
    Vulnerabilities by Assets

    1. View vulnerabilities by asset.

    2. In the assets table, roll over the asset you want to delete.

      The action buttons appear in the row.

    3. In the row, click Delete.

      A confirmation window appears.
    Explore Overview See Delete Assets in the Explore section for more information.

  3. In the confirmation window, click Delete.

    Tenable Vulnerability Management deletes the asset.

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

    The left navigation plane appears.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • View your assets.
    • View your vulnerabilities by asset.

  3. In the assets table, click the check box next to each asset you want to delete.

    The action bar appears at the bottom of the page.

  4. In the action bar, click the More button.

    A menu appears.

  5. Click Delete.

    A confirmation window appears.

  6. In the confirmation window, click Delete.

    Tenable Vulnerability Management deletes the selected assets.

  1. View your assets.

  2. In the asset table header row, select the check box to select all assets on the current page.

    The action bar appears at the top of the table.

  3. In the action bar, click Delete.

    A confirmation window appears.

  4. In the confirmation window, click Delete.

    Tenable Vulnerability Management deletes all assets.