Last updated: 2026-04-25

How do I delete a property?

Properties in Anchorlet are soft-deleted — "deleting" hides the property from the active app but doesn't actually remove it from the database. You have 30 days to change your mind.

To delete a property

  1. Open the property's detail page.
  2. Scroll to the bottom — there's a quiet "Danger zone" section with a Delete property button.
  3. Confirm the modal.

The property disappears from your portfolio list, dashboard, statements ledger, and Elliot's tool answers. Tenants, issues, documents, and rent history attached to the property remain in the database — they're scoped to the (now hidden) property.

To restore a deleted property

  1. Settings → Recently Deleted.
  2. Find the property in the Properties bucket.
  3. Click Restore.

Restoring brings back the property and everything attached to it. The 30-day clock resets — you can re-delete and restore freely.

What happens after 30 days

Soft-deleted records older than 30 days are eligible for permanent deletion via the Delete permanently button (also in Recently Deleted). Permanent delete:

  • Removes the property row + cascades to tenants, issues, documents, statements entries, compliance records, etc.
  • Removes the underlying document files in Supabase Storage.
  • Cannot be undone.

There's no automatic permanent delete yet — old soft-deletes accumulate until you manually clear them. We'll add a sweep job once the backlog matters.

Edge cases

A property has uncompleted issues. No problem — the issues come along for the ride. They're hidden, not lost. Restoring the property restores the issues too.

A property has been sold. Same flow, but you might want to keep the historical data forever. Don't permanent-delete; just leave it soft-deleted. The data stays queryable for tax / audit purposes.

A property is in a statement. Statement entries reference properties by id. Soft-deleting a property doesn't remove the statement_entry rows — they stay linked. The statement detail will show "(deleted)" next to the property name.

You only want to delete the address, not the history. That's not deletion, that's editing. Open the property → Edit → change the address. The statement entries, issues, and documents stay attached to the same property record.

Bulk delete?

There's no bulk-delete UI yet. Loop through them one at a time, or contact support if you have more than ~10 to clear at once.