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Edit, Archive, or Delete a Review in Rayyan

Bashar
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You can edit a review's details at any time. When you stop working on a review, archive it to keep it saved and out of your active reviews, or delete it if you won't need it again.

Action What it does Who can do it
Edit details Changes the title, type, domain, or description. Owner, Review Admins
Archive Moves the review out of your active reviews and frees up a slot. Nothing is lost. Owner, Review Admins
Restore Moves an archived review back to your active reviews, if there's a free slot. Owner, Review Admins, Collaborators
Delete Removes the review and all its data permanently. Owner only

Edit your review details

You can update your review title, type, domain, and description at any time.

  1. Open your review and click Review settings in the top bar.
  2. On the General tab, under Review information, update the Review title, Review type, Review domain, or Description.
  3. Click Save changes.

You can also open the same fields by clicking Edit info on the Overview page.

Common issue Closing Review settings or clicking Cancel before you click Save changes discards your edits.

Archive a review instead of deleting it

In most cases, archiving is the better option. An archived review is stored for future reference and no longer counts toward the owner's active review limit.

  1. Open your review and click Review settings in the top bar.
  2. On the General tab, scroll to Review management.
  3. Next to Archive review, click Archive and confirm.

You can also archive from the Active reviews list. On the Home page, click Show more active reviews, then click the three-dot menu next to the review and choose Archive review.

Note Archiving a review frees up a slot in the owner's active review limit without losing any data. Rayyan also archives a review automatically after 30 days of inactivity.

Restore an archived review

The review owner, Review Admins, and Collaborators can restore an archived review. On Enterprise plans, the Enterprise Owner and Enterprise Admins can also restore it.

  1. Go to the Home page and find the review under Archived Reviews. To see all of them, click Show more archived reviews.
  2. Click the green restore icon next to the review.
Note A review can only be restored if there's space under the owner's active review limit. If the limit is full, archive or delete another active review first.

Delete a review only when necessary

If you no longer need a review and do not want to keep it archived, the review owner can delete it permanently.

  1. Open your review and click Review settings in the top bar.
  2. On the General tab, scroll to Review management.
  3. Next to Delete review, click Delete.
  4. In the confirmation window, click Delete review.

You can also delete from the Active reviews list. On the Home page, click Show more active reviews, then click the three-dot menu next to the review and choose Delete review.

Important Deleting a review is permanent. All references, decisions, labels, and extracted data are removed and cannot be recovered except through support within the retention period. In most cases, archiving is the better choice.

If a review was deleted by mistake

If your review was deleted by mistake, contact Rayyan Support as soon as possible. For what to include in your request, see How to Recover a Deleted Review.

Important Deleted review recovery is available on any paid plan, and only within 30 days of deletion. On the Free plan, upgrade first. After 30 days, the review can't be recovered on any plan.

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