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title: "Delete an allocation"
url: "https://documentation.gembaa.com/en/article/delete-an-allocation"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-05-25T03:28:21.979Z"
---

# Delete an allocation

Remove a staff member’s allocation from a project when it is no longer required or relevant.

## **📝Overview**

### **Purpose**

-   Remove existing staff allocations when project plans change
-   Ensure allocation data stays accurate across projects, staff, and time periods

### **Who is this for**

-   PMOs managing allocations and resourcing changes

### **Pre‑requisites**

-   At least one existing allocation is already created
-   Familiarity with navigating the Allocations data grid

### **Permissions required**

-   Access and permission to manage allocationsType your content here.

## **📹Demo walkthrough**

[Embedded content](https://www.youtube.com/embed/XtEM8sUtsY8?start=147)

## **💭How-to guide**

**Step 1: Locate the staff member**

Find the staff member whose allocation you want to delete in the data grid

**💡 Tip:** Use the quick search to find the project or staff faster.

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**Step 2: Select the allocation period**

Similar to Excel, click and drag across the cells for the period you want to delete. A movable action bar appears once a valid selection is made.

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**Step 3: Select Bulk delete**

-   From the movable action bar, click **Bulk delete.**
-   In the selection screen, review the chosen period and djust which allocations to delete by selecting or unselecting rows as needed.
-   Once the selection is correct, click **Next.**

**ℹ️ In this example:** We want to delete all of this staff member’s allocations in May for the Orion Integration project

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/c5d8d27e-20ee-47cc-a706-64771e39fd43)

**Step 4: Confirm deletion**

Click **Confirm** to delete the selected allocations.

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**Step 5: Verify deletion**

Locate the staff member or project in the data grid and confirm that the allocations have been successfully removed.

**ℹ️ Result of this example:** The staff member no longer has allocations in the Orion Integration project for May.

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/f7ce6364-40c6-4ae8-acb5-3b7e160c5219)