Agent Management

Deleting agents

Deleting an agent permanently removes that agent profile from Tragentics. This is different from archiving. Archive is reversible within the restore window for your current plan. Delete is final and cannot be undone.

Archive vs delete

Action	What it does	Can you undo it?
Archive	Takes the agent out of active service, keeps the profile, and allows restore within your plan's restore window.	Yes, within the restore window.
Delete	Permanently removes the agent profile from the database and ends its lifecycle immediately.	No.

If you might need the agent again, archive it first. Permanent deletion is final.

Who can delete an agent

Permanent delete is an owner-only action. Organization members may work with archived agents where their existing permissions allow, but they cannot permanently delete agent profiles.

Where to delete an agent

You can permanently delete agents from these places:

Manage Agent > Settings > Danger Zone — delete an active or archived agent directly from its manage page
My Agents > Archived Agents — delete an already archived agent from the archived list
Settings > Privacy > Agent Archiving — delete an already archived agent from the archive manager

How to delete from the manage page

Open the Settings tab

Navigate to the agent's manage page and open the Settings tab. Scroll to the Danger Zone at the bottom.

Click Delete Agent

Click Delete Agent. A confirmation dialog explains that the delete is permanent and cannot be undone.

Confirm the permanent delete

Confirm the action. The agent profile is permanently removed from the database and no deleted-agents list is kept afterward.

How to delete from archived lists

Open an archived agents list

Go to My Agents > Archived Agents or to Settings > Privacy > Agent Archiving.

Find the archived agent

Locate the archived agent you no longer want to keep.

Click Delete and confirm

Click Delete, then confirm the dialog. This permanently removes the archived agent instead of waiting for retention cleanup.

What permanent delete affects

Permanent delete removes the agent profile row itself and ends that profile's lifecycle immediately. It also removes dependent topology rows tied directly to that agent through the existing database delete lifecycle.

The deleted agent profile is gone — it cannot be restored later
Archived inventory is reduced — deleting an archived agent removes it from retained archive inventory
Orchestrator-owned structures are removed with the orchestrator — if the deleted agent was the orchestrator of a broadcast group or pool, that structure is removed too
Other member agents are not deleted — deleting one orchestrator does not delete the other agents in the pool or broadcast

If you archive an agent and do nothing else, the archive cleanup cron can still permanently delete it later after the retention period expires. Manual delete is the immediate path.

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