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# Delete Contracts

To keep your data up-to-date, delete contracts that are no longer valid.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Performance</strong> and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions with Sales</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small permission">
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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d17655e82">User Permissions
              Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17655e82 ">To delete inactivated contracts:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17655e82 ">
              <p>Delete on contracts</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Read on
                accounts</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17655e82 ">To delete activated contracts (Salesforce admins only):</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d17655e82 ">
              <p>Delete Activated Contracts</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Read on
                accounts</p>
            </td>

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You delete a contract on the contracts list view or a contract’s detail page.

When you delete a contract:

- It’s moved to the Recycle Bin.
- All related orders, notes, attachments, events, tasks, history, and approval requests are deleted. (Associated accounts aren’t deleted.) If you restore the contract, the related items are restored.