Board deletion in Conceptboard allows you to discard unwanted or irrelevant boards in a controlled manner. However, there are certain types of boards that can disappear without a warning. Different types of board deletion can help you navigate board libraries effectively and with confidence.
Manual Deletion by owner
❗️Conceptboard boards created by users can only be deleted by the board owner.
There can be only one owner per board. Board owner is a Conceptboard user who created the board. Apart from this straightforward definition, board owner status is automatically assigned to the users who copied boards, even if originals do not belong to them (original boards stay intact in terms of ownership).
To determine a board's owner, check BOARD SETTINGS:
At the bottom of the Board Settings window, board owners can see the DELETE button.
❗️ Once deleted, Conceptboard boards disappear irrevocably, and cannot be retrieved under any circumstances. Manually deleted boards are lost for other users that they have been shared with. Saving a backup copy for important boards is, therefore, recommended.
Automatic deletion: user deleted from the team
Strict data security regulations or personal preferences sometimes dictate deleting user accounts once they leave the team or decide to stop using Conceptboard.
Account deletion is the final stage in the Conceptboard user journey. It entails complete data erasure, including all boards. This data loss is permanent and irreversible.
However, this is only true for unshared or private boards. Board ownership of the boards that have been shared prior to deletion with other users from the same team will pass on to the first user in the editor access role who accessed the board.
Automatic deletion: new blank boards created by guests
Guests on Conceptboard boards are users who accessed the board without logging in into their accounts. They take a provisional name to facilitate recognition on the board. Their status still qualifies as logged out.
Guests can create blank boards in the BOARD menu. However, since these users are still logged out from their own accounts (or do not have them), these newly created blank boards are "unclaimed". It means they do not have their owner and belong to no one. Such boards are not allowed to stay unclaimed. Therefore, a pop-up window prompting the guest user to log in or sign up appears after the board is created. The board stays locked until its guest creator registers with or long in into their Conceptboard account.
Automatic deletion: unclaimed boards created via load links
Load links are custom-created template links that open a new template each time the link is activated. You can open this link regardless of whether you are logged into your Conceptboard account. As it always triggers creation of a new template, this template will behave as an unclaimed board if you are logged out of your account at the moment of opening. This board will be locked as you are just a guest there! Please log in to access the board.
Automatic deletion: template boards from Conceptboard blog pages
While browsing through Conceptboard blog posts, you might have come across direct links to test templates. Please check this example below.
These templates, that can be accessed from the company page, behave in a manner that is identical to new boards created by guest users. They display the same pop-up window to enable login.
Board Archiving
Archiving allows you to remove old or completed work from your boards overview without losing them forever. Click on the Archive button and it will be stored in the Archive page. You can access all your archived boards in the left panel on your HOME or BOARDS pages. All archived boards become read-only.
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