Archive or delete characters, universes and series

You can archive or delete a saved character, and you can delete a universe that you made. You cannot delete a saved location, a saved object or a whole series today.

Archive a character

Archive hides a character and keeps it. Only the characters under Made by you have the archive icon.

1. Open Characters.
2. Select the archive icon (a box) on the character's card. The same icon is at the top of the character's page, with the tooltip Archive character.
3. Confirm the question.

The character leaves your active list, and you cannot pick it for a new video. It keeps its handle. Your finished videos do not change.

To bring it back, select the Archived filter on the Characters tab. Then select the restore icon on the card.

Delete a character

Delete removes a character for good. You can delete each character in your library: the ones under Made by you, Made by LongStories and Archived.

1. Select the trash icon on the character's card, or at the top of its page (tooltip Delete character).
2. Read the window. It lists your projects that use the character.
3. Select Delete permanently.

What changes:

• The character and its reference images are deleted. Its handle is free for a new character.
• Your finished shots and videos do not change, so the character can still appear in them. New images in those projects cannot use the character.
• You cannot undo it.

You cannot delete a character while a project that uses it is generating or rendering. Try again when the project is ready.

To delete the videos too, see Find and manage your videos. To change a character and keep it, see Rename or change a saved character.

How many characters you can keep

A free account and the current paid plans have no limit on the number of saved characters. The older Starter plan allows 3. Only the active characters under Made by you count. If you see Character Limit Reached, archive or delete one of them.

Locations and objects

You cannot archive or delete a saved location or object today. You can:

• Change its name or its look. See Save and use locations and objects.
• Remove it from one video. See Add a character, location, or object to a video you made.

Delete a universe

1. Open Universes and select Edit Universe on the card of your universe.
2. Go to Settings and select Show.
3. At the bottom of Settings, select Delete Universe.
4. Select Delete Universe again to confirm.

What changes:

• The universe leaves your list, and you cannot make new videos in it.
• The videos you made in it stay in My Videos.
• A planned series in that universe pauses. Its page shows Paused: the universe of this series is gone.
• The app has no button to bring the universe back.

One account can keep up to 50 universes. At 50, the Create Universe page shows Universe Limit Reached. Delete a universe to make room. A deleted universe does not count.

Series

The app has no button that deletes a whole series.

• Remove its episodes one at a time: select the ⋯ button on an episode, then Remove from series. When you remove the last episode, the series is removed too. The videos stay in My Videos. See Use universes and consistent characters.
• To stop a planned series, open it from Series and select Pause.

To remove all your work at one time, see Delete your account.