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title: "Delete Queries (Visual Database Tools) | Microsoft Docs"
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# Delete Queries (Visual Database Tools)
  You can delete a query, removing it from the project and permanently deleting it from the file system. Queries deleted using the following procedure are not sent to the Recycle Bin and cannot be recovered.  
  
### To permanently delete a query  
  
1.  From the **View** menu, choose Solution Explorer.  
  
2.  In Solution Explorer, select the query you want to permanently delete.  
  
3.  Right-click the query and from the shortcut menu, click **Remove**.  
  
4.  In the **Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio** dialog box, click **Delete**.  
  
> [!NOTE]  
>  If you want to remove the query from the project without deleting it, click **Remove**. Then you can right-click the query folder and choose **Add Item** to find and add the query back later.  
  
## See Also  
 [Clear Query Results (Visual Database Tools)](visual-database-tools.md)   
 [Discard Changes Made to Queries (Visual Database Tools)](discard-changes-made-to-queries-visual-database-tools.md)   
 [Design Queries and Views How-to Topics (Visual Database Tools)](design-queries-and-views-how-to-topics-visual-database-tools.md)   
 [Perform Basic Operations with Queries (Visual Database Tools)](perform-basic-operations-with-queries-visual-database-tools.md)