UW-Madison Qualtrics - How to permanently delete a Qualtrics survey you own

When you delete a project in Qualtrics, the survey and data is only “soft deleted”. That means that the survey and data are still recoverable. Only the UW-Madison Qualtrics Brand Administrators can permanently delete a survey.

If you need to permanently delete a survey to comply with a records retention schedule or research data lifecycle, you will need to do the following:

  1. Record the Name and Survey_ID of the survey you want to permanently delete. (Finding Qualtrics IDs shows how to find Survey_IDs)
  2. Submit a Request to Permanently Delete your survey(s).
  3. Delete the Survey Project within your Qualtrics account: Data Deletion Survey Platform. We can only permanently delete surveys that are already in your account’s Trash.

Note: You must be the owner of the survey in order to delete the survey or request that we permanently delete it.

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Keywords:policy retention schedule comply deletion records policies research data lifecycle compliance   Doc ID:109065
Owner:Admin Q.Group:UW-Madison Qualtrics Survey Hosting
Created:2021-02-15 13:16 CDTUpdated:2021-03-16 13:18 CDT
Sites:DoIT Help Desk, UW-Madison Qualtrics Survey Hosting
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