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# Managing inactive flows — finding stale flows and archiving them

> How to identify flows that haven't run recently, whether Parabola has an archive feature, and how to keep a growing flows list organized.

As a team's flow count grows, it's common to want to identify flows that have gone stale — ones that haven't run in months — and get them out of the way of active work.

## Finding flows that haven't run recently

Use the filters on your [flows page](https://parabola.io/app/flows):

* Click **Add filter** → **Last run**, and choose from the available windows (ran today/yesterday, or in the last 7/14/30/90 days).
* Combine with the **Status** filter's **Has not run** option to find flows with zero runs to date.

<Note>
  The [Usage Reporting & Analytics](/docs/product/account/usage-reporting-analytics) Flow Report shows **Total Runs Last 30 Days** per flow, but doesn't currently show a last-run date beyond that 30-day window. For flows that haven't run in 6+ months, the **Last run** filter on the flows page (not the report) is the more direct path, since its longest preset window still surfaces anything with zero runs in the last 90 days.
</Note>

## Does Parabola have an archive feature?

Not as a dedicated feature at this time — there's no "Archive" state separate from a flow simply existing and not being deleted. In practice, teams handle this with a naming or folder convention instead:

* **Create an "Archive" folder** under [Team flows](/docs/product/canvas/organizing-flows) and move stale flows into it. This keeps them out of the main folder view without deleting anything.
* **Prefix flow names** (e.g., `[ARCHIVED] Old Report Name`) if you want stale flows to stand out in search results even before they're moved.

## Archiving vs. deleting

* **Moving to an archive folder** keeps the flow, its run history, and its data fully intact and recoverable at any time — it's purely organizational.
* **Deleting a flow is permanent.** Deleted flows cannot be restored from the UI, and recovery via support isn't guaranteed — see [Can I recover a deleted flow?](/docs/articles/can-i-recover-a-deleted-flow). If you're unsure whether a flow is truly dead, archive it rather than deleting it.

## Related

* [Organizing flows](/docs/product/canvas/organizing-flows) — folders, search, and filters on the flows page
* [Usage Reporting & Analytics](/docs/product/account/usage-reporting-analytics) — per-flow run and credit history
* [Can I recover a deleted flow?](/docs/articles/can-i-recover-a-deleted-flow)