# Deleting a project **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/deleting-a-project/2993 "2021-04-30T14:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joe99](https://forum.logik.tv/u/joe99)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/deleting-a-project/2993/1 "2021-04-30T14:20:52Z")
Hello forum Is deleting a project within the GUI of Flame only possible after it has been archived before? Joe ---
**Author:** ![YannLaforest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c6cbf5/32.png) [@YannLaforest](https://forum.logik.tv/u/YannLaforest)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/deleting-a-project/2993/2 "2021-04-30T14:26:08Z")
Hi @joe99, No, There is no relation between deleting projects and archiving projects. You can delete projects at any times. Please, let us know if you have any other questions. Best, Yann ---
**Author:** ![joe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joe99](https://forum.logik.tv/u/joe99)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/deleting-a-project/2993/3 "2021-05-03T14:55:53Z")
Thank’s Yann, found in “Project and User Settings” how to delete a project which is not loaded currently:-) Joe ---
**Author:** ![joe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joe99](https://forum.logik.tv/u/joe99)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/deleting-a-project/2993/4 "2021-06-11T14:44:58Z")
But why does deleting a project not free-up space on the Flamestore (I rebooted Flame)? Thanks, Joe ---
**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/deleting-a-project/2993/5 "2021-06-11T14:48:29Z")
Flame is weird like that sometimes. There is a process called VIC, Volume Integrity Check, which essentially cross references the clips it thinks it owns with the clips it actually owns. Running a VIC afterwards typically wakes Flame up to its actual disc usage. > [@Anyone know how to run VIC on a Mac?](https://forum.logik.tv/t/anyone-know-how-to-run-vic-on-a-mac/1326): > > I have a lib lock and it won’t release the storage until it can run vic. ---
**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/deleting-a-project/2993/6 "2021-06-11T19:37:06Z")
I have not had any issues since switching to 2020. What version are you running? ---
**Author:** ![joe99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joe99](https://forum.logik.tv/u/joe99)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/deleting-a-project/2993/7 "2021-06-15T14:20:15Z")
Thanks for the feedback. On Flame 2021 (macOS Catalina), VIC is located in: /opt/Autodesk/io/bin/vic -af But in my case running VIC it does free-up very few space. Probably because I did cache only a few footage during import, because they are stored on an SSD. Free space before: 232.65GB, free space after running vic: 232.63GB ---
**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/deleting-a-project/2993/8 "2021-06-15T14:37:35Z")
Is there a Recovered Media pr0ject with an abundance of recovered frames? It’s a good idea to delete that one every now and then.