Datasets with the BigML Dashboard

16 Deleting Datasets

If you no longer need a dataset, BigML lets you delete it. You can delete your datasets in two ways:

Select delete dataset from the 1-click action menu. (See Figure 16.1 .)

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Figure 16.1 Menu option to delete a dataset
Or select delete dataset from the pop up menu on the dataset list view. (See Figure 16.2 .)

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Figure 16.2 Delete dataset pop up menu option

In both cases, a modal window (see Figure 15.3 ) will be displayed asking you for confirmation. After you delete a dataset, it is deleted permanently, and there is no way you (or even the IT folks at BigML) can retrieve it.

Note: you cannot delete a dataset that is being used. BigML will display a modal window with the error message shown in Figure 16.3 .

\includegraphics[]{images/delete-3} — Figure 16.3 Modal window informing that you cannot delete a dataset that is being used