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# Delete a property

> Remove a source property and its values from every entry.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find the property">
    Open the source and find the row in the **Properties** widget. The remove icon is the second button on the row.

    <Info>
      It is disabled while a card uses the property, and while the property is not **Active**.
    </Info>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm">
    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/occtoo/sUfE5BC3k8ruY9JQ/images/guides/studio/sources/delete-property-dialog.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=sUfE5BC3k8ruY9JQ&q=85&s=32abdf411c0d2254dc856a373434c156" alt="The Delete property dialog" width="512" height="214" data-path="images/guides/studio/sources/delete-property-dialog.png" />

    The dialog names the property and warns that its data will be removed from every entry in the source.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Press Yes, delete property">
    The property shows status **Deleting** until the removal finishes.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Deleting a property removes its values from every entry in the source, not
  just the property itself. If the data came from an integration, the property
  will reappear the next time an ingest run sends it — but the old values are
  gone.
</Warning>

## When delete stays disabled

Only live cards block a deletion, so the remove icon lines up with what the **Used by** column shows: a property listing cards there cannot be deleted, and one showing `—` can. References from cards that have since been deleted do not count.