# Trouble removing a project

**URL:** <https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/trouble-removing-a-project/3481>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/trouble-removing-a-project/3481 "2025-05-21T13:17:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![kellfree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@kellfree](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/kellfree)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/trouble-removing-a-project/3481/1 "2025-05-21T13:17:31Z")

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I have almost 1200 Tasks that I moved to a new project I created called TRASH. I am an administrator and owner of the project. From what I read on this message board, if I did this I could Remove the project and it would remove the tasks at the same time. When I go to Configure this project and click Remove, it asks if I really want to remove this project: “TRASH”. I click Yes. The button turns gray and a little wheel spins and spins. I’ve tried letting it sit anywhere from a few minutes, to a few hours, and now for a couple days (over 48 hours). It will not remove it. Any hints, tips or suggestions? I have tried several browsers, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and even a couple browsers on my mobile phone… No luck with any of them.

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**Author:** ![Chaosmeister](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kanboard.discourse.group/chaosmeister/32/589_2.png) [@Chaosmeister](https://kanboard.discourse.group/u/Chaosmeister)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://kanboard.discourse.group/t/trouble-removing-a-project/3481/2 "2025-05-23T09:08:41Z")

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Hi!  
That’s actually pretty hard to identify remotely.

I guess the deletion takes a lot of time and your PHP settings abort scripts taking longer than 30 seconds.  
As the deletion is transactional, no tasks will be deleted this way.

Can you activate the debug mode in your kanboard instance?

In your config.php there should be these lines:

```php
// Enable/Disable debug
define('DEBUG', false);

```

change this `false` to `true` and try again.

While you’re at it, also check the `LOG_DRIVER` and the `LOG_FILE` settings and inspect those logs for possible errors.

Also inspect your php/webserver logs.

Best regards!