--- title: Can incomplete Risk Assessments be deleted? description: Can incomplete Risk Assessments be deleted? --- [Skip to content](https://knowledge.easyaml.com/can-incomplete-risk-assessments-be-deleted#main-content) English - Australia Show submenu for translations Open main navigation Close main navigation - English - Australia Show submenu for translations How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [easyAML Help Centre](https://knowledge.easyaml.com/?hsLang=en-au) 2. [FAQs](https://knowledge.easyaml.com/faqs?hsLang=en-au) 3. [General](https://knowledge.easyaml.com/faqs?hsLang=en-au#general) # Can incomplete Risk Assessments be deleted? ## Yes for incomplete and unapproved RAs - approved and active RAs are part of the audit record. **Yes** - incomplete RAs can be **deleted** from the Compliance → ML/TF Risk Assessment list ([open directly](https://app.easyaml.com/compliance/mltf-risk-assessment)). This is the most common cleanup action for customers who started multiple draft RAs during evaluation and now want to keep only the one they're proceeding with. What's deletable vs preserved: - **Type:** Incomplete draft RA (never submitted); **Deletable?:** **Yes** - **Type:** Submitted but unapproved RA; **Deletable?:** Yes, with confirmation - **Type:** **Approved and active RA**; **Deletable?:** **No** - part of the formal compliance record - **Type:** Historical superseded RA; **Deletable?:** No - preserved for audit The platform logs all risk assessment entries for the audit trail, so the deletion itself is captured (rather than the record vanishing without trace), but the incomplete draft is removed from the active list. **Alternative**: incomplete RAs can also be **labelled** if you want to keep them but have it clear they're not used - e.g. mark them as "Draft - Not Used" or "Test - Do Not Use". This preserves the historical record without confusing the active picture. Why both options exist: - **Delete** is appropriate when the RA is genuinely unwanted - a test, a duplicate, a starting point that was abandoned. - **Label** is appropriate when the RA represents thinking that was useful but isn't going forward - e.g. a more conservative draft that was set aside in favour of a less conservative final version. Useful for the firm's internal documentation. **Completed and approved RAs cannot be deleted** - they're part of the formal compliance record. To replace them, start a new RA (which pre-fills with answers from the prior one) and have the CO approve the new version; the previous version is preserved in the history but the new one becomes the active Program. 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