Note: To delete a test cycle, users are required to follow a two-step process: Archive the test cycle, and then delete it. Ensure that the test cycle is archived before proceeding with deletion. Refer to Archive Test Cycles for details on archiving test cycles.

You can delete individual test cycles one by one or multiple test cycles in bulk at once.

→ Required Permission: Users with the Test Cycle Delete permission can delete the archived test cycles.

Steps to Delete a Test Cycle

Archive the Test Cycle: First, archive the test cycle before deleting it.
Delete the Test Cycle: Delete the test cycle permanently.

You can delete Test Cycles either one by one or multiple test cycles in bulk at once.

Test Cycles will be deleted from the project permanently. The action can not be reverted.

1 Delete a Test Cycle
2 Delete Test Cycles in Bulk
3 Audit Logs

Delete a Test Cycle

Follow the steps mentioned below to delete a single archived test cycle.

Steps

1. On the folder tree, click the More icon and select the Show Archived Test Cycles option.

The archived test cycles are displayed on the screen.

2. Delete the archived test cycle either from List View or from the detail page.

Delete a Test Cycle from List View

Hover over the archived test cycle that you want to delete and click on the Delete icon for the test cycle.

Delete a Test Cycle from Detail Page

1. Open the archived test cycle page and click on the Delete button.

The confirmation message pops up.

2. Click Delete to proceed.

Delete Test Cycles in Bulk

You can delete multiple test cycles at a time through the Bulk Delete functionality.

Note: A maximum of 20 test cycles can be deleted at a time.

Steps:

1. On the folder tree, click the More icon and select the Show Archived Test Cycles option.

2. Select archived test cycles that you want to delete.

Selection of Multiple entities at a time: To select entities within a range on the current page, select the first entity’s check box and then select the last entity’s check box and simultaneously hold the SHIFT key of the keyboard. All the entities between these two entities will get auto-selected.
Select All:

→ Select all records on the current page: Clicking on the check box in the column header selects all the records on the current page only.

An alternate way is to open the check box drop-down and select the Current Page option.

→ Select all records across all pages: Open the check box drop-down and select the Across All Pages option.

Once you select the test cycles that you want to delete, the options for bulk operation become visible on the screen.

3. Click on the Delete button on the screen.

The confirmation message pops up.

4. Click Delete to proceed with the deletion of selected test cycles.

You can check the status of the operation under the Notification section.

Audit Logs

You can view the audit logs of deleted test cycles under QMetry > Configuration > Audit Log > Test Entity Logs > Test Cycle > Delete.