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# Things to Know About Deleting Opportunities

Review considerations for deleting opportunities.

### Required Editions

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          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic</td>

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            <p>Available in: all editions for orgs created before Summer ’09</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available in:
              <strong>Essentials</strong>, <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>,
              <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions for orgs
              created in Summer ’09 and later
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## Who Can Delete Opportunities

You can delete an opportunity when you’re one of these users.

- A Salesforce admin
- The opportunity owner
- A user who is higher than the opportunity owner in the organization role hierarchy

You must also have the Delete permission on opportunities.

## How to Delete an Opportunity

![An opportunity record, with the dropdown menu highlighted](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_core-264-0-0-production-enus/3c339c40-ca6c-49ba-9c6e-684be7a55f80/sales_core/images/sales_core/sales_core_opportunities_delete.png)

To delete an opportunity, use the dropdown menu button to select **Delete**. The **Delete** option only appears if you have the proper permission.

## What Gets Deleted with an Opportunity

Deleting an opportunity also deletes these related records.

- Attachments
- Competitor strengths and weaknesses
- Contact roles
- Events
- Notes
- Partner relationships
- Quotes
- Quote line items
- Quote PDF files
- Spits
- Stage history
- Tasks

Deleting an opportunity doesn’t delete these related records.

- Accounts
- Contacts

## Recycle Bin

- Restore deleted opportunities from the Recycle Bin.
- Restoring opportunities from the Recycle Bin also restores their related items.