Looking to retire candidates who are no longer being considered? Easily clean up your candidate data by using the delete candidates feature.
How to delete a candidate
- Log in to the PI software.
- Select Hire from the top navigation bar.
- You will land on the Hiring Center.
From here, you can delete candidates in any of the following places:
The candidate list
From the Hiring Center:
- Select the “Candidates” tab.
- Search for the candidate you’d like to delete.
- Click the “More actions” button next to their details.
- Select “Delete candidate” from the available options.
- A confirmation pop-up will appear.
- Click “Delete candidate” to confirm.
A job page
From the Hiring Center:
- Select the relevant job.
- Click the “Candidates” tab.
- Find the candidate you’d like to delete.
- Click the “More actions” button next to their details.
- Select “Delete candidate” from the available options.
- A confirmation pop-up will appear.
- Click “Delete candidate” to confirm.
A candidate page
From the Hiring Center:
- Select the relevant job.
- Click the “Candidates” tab.
- Select the candidate you’d like to delete.
- You will land on their candidate page.
- Click the “More actions” button at the top of the page.
- Select “Delete candidate” from the available options.
- A confirmation pop-up will appear.
- Click “Delete candidate” to confirm.
FAQs
Can I restore a deleted candidate?
Once a candidate has been deleted, the action cannot be undone. Please make sure your team is no longer considering the candidate before deleting them.
I don’t see an option to delete “X” candidate. Why?
Here are 3 common reasons why you might not be able to delete a candidate:
1. To delete a candidate, that candidate must be associated with a job. To solve this, simply add the candidate to an existing job.
2. You must have “edit” access to that job, and not just “view” access. To gain access, ask someone with those permissions to share the job with “edit” permissions.
3. The candidate cannot be an employee. If the candidate is an employee, and you’d still like to delete them, you should instead archive that employee.
1. To delete a candidate, that candidate must be associated with a job. To solve this, simply add the candidate to an existing job.
2. You must have “edit” access to that job, and not just “view” access. To gain access, ask someone with those permissions to share the job with “edit” permissions.
3. The candidate cannot be an employee. If the candidate is an employee, and you’d still like to delete them, you should instead archive that employee.
Does deleting a candidate anonymize their data?
No—deleting a candidate does not outright anonymize their data.
If you’re an organization admin, you can anonymize candidates from Administration.
If you’re an organization admin, you can anonymize candidates from Administration.
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