Deleting Projects

Also new in Studio 10 is a project delete function, which is a fast way to delete the STX file associated with your project and all auxiliary files. This function does not delete the source files that you've incorporated into your project, however.

Note that you can't delete the project that you're currently editing, so the first step in this process is to exit the project you want to delete and either start a new project or open an existing project.

To delete a project

1.	Choose File > Delete Projects (Figure 2.47). Figure 2.47. Step one toward deleting your projects. Studio opens the Delete Projects dialog box (Figure 2.48). Figure 2.48. The Delete Projects window. Just select the project you no longer want and click Delete.
2.	Select the project you want to delete.
3.	Click Delete. Studio deletes the project file and all auxiliary files.
4.	Do one of the following: Repeat steps 2 and 3 to delete another project or projects. Click Close to close the dialog box.

Tips

• My tests revealed that the size provided in the Delete Projects window is not accurate, at least in the version of software I was using. Specifically, the project "test delete 2" selected in Step 2 actually had about 95 MB of auxiliary files that were deleted in the process, which is much more than the 430 KB shown in Figure 2.48.

• Studio also allows you to delete project auxiliary files; see "Working With Auxiliary Files," later in this chapter.

• Once again, this function does not delete the source files you've included in your project. To better manage these files, I typically capture or copy all files I use in a project into one folder that I can delete easily after project completion.