How to Delete a Step or Section From a Pathway

In this article:

• Overview
• Delete a step
• Delete a section
• Things to keep in mind
• FAQs
• Who can do this

Overview

When a step or section no longer belongs in a Pathway, you can remove it from the builder. Deleting a step removes it from the Pathway (the underlying content stays in your library); deleting a section removes the section and every step inside it. Deletion can't be undone, so SuperPath asks you to confirm first.

Delete a step

1. Open your Pathway in the builder and hover over the step in the left steps panel.
2. Click the cog icon to open the step's settings panel.
3. Scroll to Other Options and click Delete step.
4. In the confirmation dialog, review the warning — "This change is not reversible." — then click Confirm delete.

Note: If the step you're deleting is set as a prerequisite for another step, SuperPath warns you that the prerequisite will be removed from that other step when you continue.

Delete a section

You can delete a section in two ways:

• From the section header, hover over it and open its settings, then use Delete Section and click Confirm delete; or
• Use the section header's remove control and confirm with Confirm remove.

Either way, deleting a section also deletes every step contained within it.

Things to keep in mind

• Deletion is permanent for the Pathway — there is no undo. Deleting a section deletes all of its steps too.
• Deleting a step or section removes it from this Pathway only; a Content, Event, Form or Knowledge item added as a step remains in your library and in any other Pathways it belongs to.
• Deleting a step returns a published Pathway to a draft (unpublished) state, so publish again once you're done.
• If the deleted step was a prerequisite for another step, that prerequisite is cleared from the other step automatically.

FAQs

Does deleting a step delete the content itself?
No. It removes the step from the Pathway. The original Content, Event, Form or Knowledge item stays in your library. A Text step, however, is authored inline and isn't stored separately, so deleting it removes that content.

What happens to the steps inside a section I delete?
They are deleted along with the section. Move any step you want to keep out of the section before deleting it.

Can I recover a deleted step or section?
No — deletion is not reversible. You would need to add it again.

Who can do this

Owners, Admins, Managers, Content Managers and Instructors can delete steps and sections from a Pathway. People Managers, Employees, Members, Volunteers and Restricted users have read-only access to Pathways and cannot.

Updated on: 18/07/2026