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title: Archive a Visual Task Board card
description: Archiving a card is a non-destructive way to remove a card from a freeform Visual Task Board. You can archive cards you are no longer working on to reduce visual clutter.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t\_ArchiveACard.html
release: australia
product: Visual Task Boards
classification: visual-task-boards
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Working with Visual Task Board cards, Using Visual Task Boards, Visual Task Boards, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Archive a Visual Task Board card

Archiving a card is a non-destructive way to remove a card from a freeform Visual Task Board. You can archive cards you are no longer working on to reduce visual clutter.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## About this task

**Note:** You can only archive cards on a freeform board.

## Procedure

-   Perform one of the following actions.

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**Archive one card from the lane view**

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1.  Point to a card and click the **X** icon that appears in the corner.
2.  In the confirmation dialog, click **Archive**.


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**Archive one card from the card details**

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1.  Click a card and view the **Details** tab.
2.  Under **Tools**, click **Archive**.
3.  In the confirmation dialog, click **Confirm**.


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**Archive all the cards in a lane**

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1.  In the lane header, click the more options icon \(\[Omitted image "IconMoreOptions.png"\] Alt text: More options icon\).
2.  Select **Archive All Tasks**.
3.  In the confirmation dialog, click **Archive**.


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## What to do next

-   To see all archived cards for the current board, from the board navigation panel, open the board information menu \(\[Omitted image "BoardInfoIcon.png"\] Alt text: Board information icon\) and click **View Archived Tasks**.
-   To restore an archived card, point to it and click **Restore**.

**Parent Topic:**[Working with Visual Task Board cards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/r_TaskCards.md)