## **🧭 Overview**

If you delete a project from your Home dashboard but it keeps coming back, the cause is almost always a **saved project inside Site Explorer**. Search Atlas automatically re-creates Home dashboard projects from any domain saved in Site Explorer. Until you remove the domain there, the project will continue to reappear.

## **🔗 How Site Explorer and Your Home Dashboard Are Linked**

Search Atlas connects your Home dashboard directly to Site Explorer. Here is what happens behind the scenes:

- When you save or track a domain inside Site Explorer, Search Atlas automatically adds that domain as a project on your Home dashboard.
- If you delete the project from the Home dashboard but the domain remains saved in Site Explorer, the platform will regenerate the project the next time the dashboard refreshes.
- To permanently remove a project from the Home dashboard, you must remove the domain from Site Explorer first.

## **🗑️ How to Permanently Remove a Reappearing Project**

Follow these steps to stop a project from reappearing on your Home dashboard.

1. In the left sidebar, go to **Site Metrics → Site Explorer**. This opens the saved-projects list at **/site-explorer/list**.
2. Find the domain that matches the project reappearing on your Home dashboard.
3. Click the **options menu** (three dots) next to that domain.
4. Select **Delete** or **Remove** to permanently remove the domain from Site Explorer.
5. Return to your Home dashboard. The project will no longer reappear.

**Important:** Deleting a domain from Site Explorer will also remove any historical data, tracked keywords, and saved settings associated with that domain inside Site Explorer. Make sure you no longer need that data before proceeding.

## **💡 When You Want to Keep Site Explorer Data but Hide the Dashboard Project**

If you still want to track the domain inside Site Explorer but do not want it cluttering your Home dashboard, do not delete it from Site Explorer. Instead:

- On your Home dashboard, look for a **Hide** or **Archive** option on the project card. This removes it from your dashboard view without deleting the underlying Site Explorer data.
- If no Hide option is available for your plan, the only way to prevent regeneration is to remove the domain from Site Explorer entirely.

## **❓ Frequently Asked Questions**

**Why does the project come back after I delete it from the Home dashboard?**

Deleting a project from the Home dashboard only removes the dashboard card. It does not remove the saved domain in Site Explorer. The platform regenerates the project automatically from Site Explorer on the next refresh.

**Will I lose my keyword rankings or Site Explorer history if I delete the domain?**

Yes. Removing a domain from Site Explorer permanently deletes all associated data for that domain, including Rank Tracker keywords and any saved reports. Export any data you need before deleting.

**I deleted the domain from Site Explorer but the project still shows on my dashboard. What should I do?**

Try a hard refresh of your browser (**Ctrl + Shift + R** on Windows or **Cmd + Shift + R** on Mac). If the project still appears after refreshing, contact our support team using the instructions below.

If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type **human teammate** to be connected with a member of our team.