Archiving and deleting pipelines

Archiving pipelines

You can archive/unarchive a pipeline if you're an administrator of the Buildkite organization or in a team that has Full Access to the pipeline.

Archiving a pipeline preserves all builds, job logs, artifacts, and history for the pipeline. Archived Pipelines are hidden on the Pipelines page and won't run new builds.

To archive or unarchive a pipeline:

1. Navigate to the pipeline.
2. Select the pipeline's Settings > General page.
3. In the Pipeline Management section, select Archive Pipeline/Unarchive Pipeline.
4. Read the warnings.
5. Type in the slug of the pipeline.
6. Select Archive Pipeline/Unarchive Pipeline.

You can view archived pipelines using the team selector on the Pipelines dashboard.

Deleting pipelines

You can delete a pipeline if you're an administrator of the Buildkite organization or in a team that has Full Access to the pipeline.

Deleting a pipeline deletes all associated builds, job logs, artifacts, and history for this pipeline.

To delete a pipeline:

1. Navigate to the pipeline.
2. Select the pipeline's Settings > General page.
3. In the Pipeline Management section, select Delete Pipeline.
4. Read the warnings.
5. Type in the slug of the pipeline.
6. Select Delete Pipeline.