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# Deleting a Document

You can delete drafts and documents you have sent (under-progress, rejected, failed, expired, and completed). Deleting a document revokes all outstanding signer and reviewer invitations.

> **Warning**
>
> Once you delete a document from your account, it cannot be retrieved.

## How to Delete a Document

1. In the Documents section, [search for the document](https://knowledge.leegality.com/document-execution/manage-documents/find-documents#search-documents) you want to delete.
2. Click on the **Three Dots (⋮)** and select **Delete**.
3. Confirm your action by clicking on **Delete**.

> **Tip**
>
> You can download audit trails for completed documents that have been deleted from the activity logs.

## What happens when you delete

### Documents you sent
Deleting a document has varying impacts depending on its status. The effects of deletion are as follows:

#### Sent Documents (Under-Progress)

As the sender, deleting a sent document that is under-progress revokes any outstanding signing and reviewer invites.

- Invitees who haven’t signed yet but have an active invitation will be notified that the invitation was revoked.
- Invitees who have already signed the document will be unable to access it and will receive a notification that the invitation was deleted.
- Future invitees, who are later in the signing order, will not receive any notifications regarding the invitation.

#### Completed Documents

If you delete a completed document where all invitees have signed the document, the document and invitee are unaffected. Invitees can still view and download the document.

## When Are Invitees Notified?

When a completely unsigned document is **deleted** Leegality notifies the invitees about the cancellation, depending on the notification settings.

**When notifications are _enabled_ at the invitee level:**

* The invitee will receive a notification stating:

  > *“The sender has revoked the invitation sent to you to eSign the document.”*
* This applies **even if** the sender deletes the document **after** it has expired.

**When notifications are _disabled_:**

* The invitee **will not receive** any communication about the revocation of the document.

> **Tip**
>
> Learn [**how to configure notification for each invitee**](https://knowledge.leegality.com/document-execution/leegality-features/invitee-level/notifications/email-notifications) during the sending journey.