Archive any project in Search Atlas to remove it from active views and portfolio health score calculations while keeping all its data intact — and restore it instantly whenever work resumes.
📋 What Archiving a Project Does
Archiving is different from deleting. When you archive a project, Search Atlas:
- Removes the project from your active project list and Home dashboard
- Excludes the project's metrics from portfolio health score calculations
- Retains all project data, history, and settings in full
- Makes the project restorable at any time
Portfolio health scores are aggregate metrics that summarize the overall performance of your active projects — including SEO performance, task completion, and key KPIs — so excluding paused or inactive projects keeps these scores representative of work currently in progress.
Use archiving for projects that are paused, belong to a client on hold, or are no longer actively tracked but whose history you need to preserve.
🗂️ How to Archive a Project
- On the Home dashboard, locate the Projects panel where your active projects are listed.
- Find the project you want to archive in the list.
- Click the ⋮ (more options) menu next to the project name.
- Select Archive Project.
- Confirm the action in the dialog that appears.
The project is immediately removed from your active views and excluded from all portfolio health score calculations. All data is preserved.
📊 How Archiving Affects Active Views and Portfolio Health Scores
Once a project is archived, the following changes take effect immediately:
- Active views: The project no longer appears in your default project list or Home dashboard.
- Portfolio health scores: The project's metrics are excluded from all portfolio-level health score calculations, so your scores reflect only active work.
- Archived projects view: The project remains accessible by filtering your project list for Archived Projects, so you can review its full history at any time.
Note: After archiving, the Portfolio Summary on the Home dashboard may take a minute or more to refresh and reflect the updated health scores. If you don't see the change immediately, click the refresh button on the dashboard — updates may still be slightly delayed.
🔄 How to Restore an Archived Project
- Go to Home and open the project list filter, then select Archived Projects to display all archived projects.
- Locate the project you want to restore.
- Click the ⋮ (more options) menu next to the project name.
- Select Restore Project.
The project immediately returns to your active views and its metrics are included in portfolio health score calculations again.
⚠️ Archive vs. Delete: Key Differences
Archiving and deleting are two distinct actions in Search Atlas:
- Archive: Preserves all project data, removes the project from active views and health scores, and is fully reversible at any time.
- Delete: Permanently removes the project and all its data. This action cannot be undone.
When in doubt, always choose Archive — you can restore the project the moment work resumes.
🎯 You can now archive inactive projects to keep your active views clean and your portfolio health scores accurate, and restore them instantly whenever work picks back up. To learn more about organizing your workspace, see Managing Projects in Search Atlas.