Archiving or deleting a patient

If for any reason, you wish to delete a patient from Clinicminds, you have two options:
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Archiving a patient deletes all data, except for certain administrative data. All appointment dates, record dates, forms, invoices, and product sales will remain visible. Archiving a patient can't be undone. If a patient has a balance left in their wallet, it will become unavailable after archiving.
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Go to the patient overview window and click 'edit patient.' Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select 'archive patient' to archive a patient:
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Deleting a patient deletes all data*, including administrative data. If a patient has a balance left in their wallet, the wallet balance will be deleted and will become unavailable after archiving.
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Go to the patient overview window and click 'edit patient' to delete a patient. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select 'delete patient' to delete a patient:
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*Note: deleted patients can be restored from the 'trash' within one month after deletion. Read this article to learn how to restore a deleted patient.