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# Delete Medication

**Audience:** Super Admin\
**Page type:** Task Guide\
**Status:** Draft\
**Owner:** Compassly Documentation Team\
**Last verified:** 2026-04-03

## Purpose

Use this guide to permanently remove a medication from the Medication library.

## Before you start

Before deleting a medication, confirm the following:

* You can open **Medications → Medication library**.
* The dataset dropdown is set to **Medications**.
* You are signed in with a role that can delete medication records.

## Warning

Deleting a library medication removes it from the library for future use.

Existing client medication records keep their previously captured snapshot data and are not retroactively changed by deleting the library record.

## How to get there

1. Sign in to Compassly.
2. Select **Medications** in the left navigation.
3. Select **Medication library**.
4. Confirm the dropdown is set to **Medications**.

## Steps

1. Find the medication you want to delete.
2. Open the available row action menu for that medication.
3. Select **Delete**.
4. Review the confirmation prompt carefully.
5. Confirm the deletion.

## Role differences

* **Super Admin:** Can delete medication records.
* **Admin / Supervisor / Clinician / Basic:** Cannot delete medication records.

## What happens next

After deletion, the medication no longer appears in the Medication library and cannot be selected for future assignments.

## Related guides

* [View Medication List](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/view-medication-library.md)
* [Add New Medication](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/add-new-medication.md)
* [Edit Medication](/compassly-docs/core-modules/medications/medication-library/edit-medication.md)


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