Find all Histories and purge (aka permanently delete)


  1. Login to your Galaxy account.
  2. On the top navigation bar Click on User.
  3. On the drop down menu that appears Click on Histories.
  4. Click on Advanced Search, additional fields will be displayed.
  5. Next to the Status field, click All, a list of all histories will be displayed.
  6. Check the box next to Name in the displayed list to select all histories.
  7. Click Delete Permanently to purge all histories.
  8. A pop up dialogue box will appear letting you know history contents will be removed and cannot be undone, then click OK to confirm.
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