Delete a Resource Assignment in Project View

If you assign a resource to work on a project and later want to remove that assignment, you can do that in the Project View grid.

You can also delete resource assignments in the Resource View grid.

To delete a resource assignment in Project View, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Resource Planning workspace, click to go to the Project View.
  2. Use the project search field to search for the project for which you want to remove an assignment.
  3. Expand the work breakdown structure (WBS) until the resource assignment row is visible.
  4. Hover over that WBS row and click at the end of the row.
  5. Click Delete.
    Result:
    • If the assignment row does not have associated job-to-date (JTD) hours, a message asks you to confirm the deletion. Click Delete.
    • If the assignment row has both planned hours and JTD hours, a message notifies you that you cannot delete the assignment but you can delete any past and future planned hours for the assignment. To delete the planned hours, click Delete.
    • If the assignment row has associated job-to-date (JTD) hours but no planned hours, a message notifies you that you cannot delete the assignment.