Archiving and deleting pipelines

You can archive and delete pipelines from the dashboard.

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 Pipeline Settings.
  3. Under Pipeline Management, 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 Pipeline Settings.
  3. Under Pipeline Management, select Delete Pipeline.
  4. Read the warnings.
  5. Type in the slug of the pipeline.
  6. Select Delete Pipeline.