Last updated on 13 March 2021
Why would you want to delete a crawl?
There maybe many reasons why you would want to delete a crawl in Ahrefs.
- You were making changes on the site while crawling and it shows mixed results
- The crawl may have errors
- The crawl was cancelled before it was finished
Ahrefs is an incredible bit of software that can crawl a website to help with many things such as SEO, Backlink checking, Keyword research, Competitor analysis and much more. It’s been established for many years and it’s success shows used by thousands.
It’s a little confusing on the Ahrefs system to find out how to delete an unwanted crawl but it’s actually super simple once you know how to. You can delete a crawl by following these 4 simple steps below.
How to Delete a Crawl from your Ahrefs Project
Step 1
Go to your Ahrefs account and go to ‘Site Audit‘.
Step 2
Click on your chosen project where you want to delete the crawl.
Step 3
Click on your project name shown in the red square on the image below.
Step 4
Scroll down to ‘All Crawls’, find your crawl you want to delete and click on the 3 grey dots to the right of the window. This will open up a button saying ‘Delete crawl’.
This is how you can delete a crawl in Ahrefs.
