# Remove and Restore Assets

Remove assets you no longer want to monitor, one at a time or several at once, and add them back from Deleted Assets.

Source: https://docs.deepinfo.com/guide/easm/remove-and-restore-assets/

Last updated: 2026-09-26

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Removing an asset takes it out of your inventory, so External Attack Surface Management (EASM) stops monitoring it. Removed assets are kept in
**Deleted Assets**, where you can add them back.

## Before You Start

- **Package:** EASM.
- **Role:** Admin or Member.

## Where to Find It

- Remove assets: **Sidebar:** **EXTERNAL ATTACK SURFACE MANAGEMENT** › **ASSETS** › **INVENTORY** · **Tab:** **ASSETS LIST** · [https://platform.deepinfo.com/app/easm/assets](https://platform.deepinfo.com/app/easm/assets)
- Deleted Assets: **Sidebar:** **EXTERNAL ATTACK SURFACE MANAGEMENT** › **ASSETS** › **INVENTORY**, then the **⋮** menu next to the **Inventory** title › **DELETED ASSETS** · [https://platform.deepinfo.com/app/easm/assets/deleted](https://platform.deepinfo.com/app/easm/assets/deleted)

## Remove an Asset

1. On **ASSETS LIST**, open the **…** menu on the asset's row. The same menu is in the asset drawer and on the
   asset's page.
2. Under **OTHER ACTIONS**, select **REMOVE THIS ASSET**. For an asset that seems inactive, the item is called
   **REMOVE FROM INVENTORY**.
3. The **Remove** confirmation asks whether you want to remove the asset from your assets. Select **REMOVE**.

After a few seconds the list refreshes. The asset is no longer in Inventory and is listed in **Deleted Assets**.

## Remove Several Assets at Once

1. On **ASSETS LIST**, tick the rows you want to remove. To tick every row on the page, open the checkbox menu
   in the header and select **SELECT THIS PAGE**.
2. The selection bar shows how many assets are selected, with **SCAN NOW** and **DELETE**.
3. Select **DELETE**, then **REMOVE** in the **Remove** confirmation.

> [!CAUTION]
> **SCAN NOW** sits next to **DELETE** in the selection bar and starts scanning the selected assets at once,
> without asking. Check which button you select.

Inventory selects at most one page at a time. To remove more, repeat on the next page or raise
**Result Per Page** under **VIEW SETTINGS**.

## Remove an Inactive Asset

An asset that seems inactive carries a **SEEMS INACTIVE** ribbon in lists. Its page shows a red banner, for
example **THIS DOMAIN IS CURRENTLY INACTIVE**, saying that no active DNS records or WHOIS information were found
and that there is no sign the asset is in use.

1. Open the asset's page.
2. Select **REMOVE FROM INVENTORY** in the banner.
3. Confirm with **REMOVE**.

To find inactive assets first, filter Inventory by **ASSET META** › **Seems Inactive**.

![The inactive banner at the top of an asset page, with the REMOVE FROM INVENTORY button.](/img/guide/easm/remove-and-restore-assets-02.png)

## Read Deleted Assets

![The Deleted Assets page with the filter bar, the type tabs and the list with RE-ADD AS ASSET buttons, numbered 1 to 3.](/img/guide/easm/remove-and-restore-assets-03.png)

1. **Filter bar:** the **SEARCH** box, the filter chips **ASSET**, **TAG**, **SOURCE**, **DATES** and
   **STATUS**, the number of deleted assets found, and **VIEW SETTINGS**.
2. **Tabs:** **ALL ASSETS**, **DOMAINS**, **SUBDOMAINS** and **IP ADDRESSES**. There is no **WEBSITES** tab, and
   the tabs show no counts.
3. **The list:**

| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| **ASSET NAME** | The asset, with **SEEMS INACTIVE** if it was inactive |
| **ADDED DATE** | When it was added to your inventory |
| **DELETED DATE** | When it was removed |
| **CREATION METHOD** | How it entered your inventory (see below) |
| **RE-ADD AS ASSET** | Adds it back |

| Creation method | Meaning |
|---|---|
| **MANUALLY ADDED** | It was added directly, for example on [Add assets](/guide/easm/add-assets/) |
| **MANUALLY APPROVED** | Someone approved it in [Discovery](/guide/easm/discovery/) |
| **AUTO APPROVED** | A discovery rule with auto approval added it |

## Add an Asset Back

1. On **Deleted Assets**, select **RE-ADD AS ASSET** on the row.
2. The **Re-Add As Asset** confirmation asks whether you want to re-add the asset. Select **RE-ADD AS ASSET**.
3. The asset is back in Inventory.

To add several back, tick their rows and use **RE-ADD AS ASSET** in the selection bar.

## Good to Know

- **A removed asset can come back through discovery.** Removing an asset does not stop discovery rules from
  finding it again. If a rule finds it, it appears in the [Discovery](/guide/easm/discovery/) review list, and
  approving it adds it back to your inventory. To keep an asset out of the discovery lists for good, add it to
  **Ignored Assets** under **Other Settings** on the Discovery **SETTINGS** tab; see
  [Tune smart discovery](/guide/easm/discovery-settings/).
- The same asset can be listed more than once in **Deleted Assets** if it was removed more than once.
- Removing is also the way to undo an approval from Discovery: an approved asset cannot be sent back to review.
- **Deleted Assets** has no export button. The API can export the list (see below).

## Do This With the API

- Remove assets: [Asset Delete](/reference/easm/asset-delete/)
- List deleted assets: [Deleted Asset Search](/reference/easm/deleted-asset-search/)
- Export deleted assets (API only): [Deleted Asset Export](/reference/easm/deleted-asset-export/)
- Add assets back: [Asset Create](/reference/easm/asset-create/)