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Releasing software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
Deployment plans
A deployment plan is a container for tasks. Tasks define the activities that your team runs to complete a software deployment.
Archiving deployment plans
You can remove deployment plans from releases by archiving them.

Releasing software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
- Managing a release
  Use the release details page to view details about a specific release.
- Managing releases
  Release management is the process of planning, scheduling, and controlling software deliveries.
- Creating releases
- Archiving releases
  You can archive a release to remove it from the list of releases.
- Events and tags
  An event represents a release-related activity that you manage with the calendar. A tag is a label that you can add to a release or an event. You can use tags to filter the Activities list on the Releases page. Tags do not appear on the calendar.
- Restoring archived releases, plans, and templates
  You can restore archived releases, deployment plans, and templates.
- Deployment plans
  A deployment plan is a container for tasks. Tasks define the activities that your team runs to complete a software deployment.
  - Managing deployment plans
    You can change existing deployment plans and view current status from the deployment plan detail page.
  - Creating deployment plans
    You can start with a blank plan that has no defined tasks, copy an existing plan, or start with a plan template. You can also auto-create them by assigning applications to pipelines. When you copy a plan or use a template, many tasks are already defined.
  - Importing tasks into deployment plans
    You can import tasks that are defined in comma-separated values (CSV) files into a deployment plan.
  - Copying deployment plans
    You can duplicate deployment plans by copying them.
  - Managing deployment plan templates
    You can convert deployment plans to create deployment plan templates.
  - Archiving deployment plans
    You can remove deployment plans from releases by archiving them.
- Running deployments
  Complete deployments by resolving the tasks in a deployment plan.
- Tasks
  A task represents a business-meaningful activity that is associated with a software deployment. Each task is defined on a separate row in a deployment plan. During a deployment, you run tasks defined in the deployment plan to complete the deployment.
- Properties
  A deployment plan can contain user-defined properties. Properties values can be defined at design- or run-time.

Archiving deployment plans

You can remove deployment plans from releases by archiving them.

About this task

Deployment plans cannot be permanently deleted, but can be archived. When you archive a deployment plan, it has a status of Archived and is not displayed in the list of plans on a release detail page.

You can view archived deployment plans and restore them by clicking Archived on the Releases page.

Procedure

Click Plan for a release to view a list of associated deployment plans.
On the line of the plan to be archived, click the overflow menu icon () and select Archive this plan.
Repeat this step for each plan to be archived.