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title: "1040 - Deleting a Scanned or Imported Documents"
canonical: "https://support.crosslinktax.com/space/CSC/1869286028/1040%20-%20Deleting%20a%20Scanned%20or%20Imported%20Documents"
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> ℹ️ This article demonstrates how to delete a document you’ve scanned with the document scanner or that you imported into the document archive from your computer.
> 📝 *Documents that are captured using a signature device (signature pad and/or remote signature) cannot be deleted.*
**Follow the instructions below to successfully delete a scanned or imported document:**
1. Log into **CrossLink 1040**.
2. Open the tax return with the scanned or imported document.
3. Select the **Document Archive** from the Attached Forms.
4. Select the document you want to delete.
5. Click **Delete**.
6. Confirm your request by selecting **Yes** to the prompt.
> ⚠️ *This process was put in place in CrossLink 2018. **Any software version prior to CrossLink 2018 will require different steps to delete the scanned document (see below).*
## **Software Version prior to CrossLink 2018**
> ℹ️ It’s not possible to delete a scanned document in CrossLink 1040 prior to CrossLink 2018. However, you can associate the scanned document with another tax return.
**Follow the instructions below to successfully delete a scanned document in CrossLink 1040 prior to CrossLink 2018:**
## **Deleting a Scanned Document **
[Step 1: Create a “test” tax return](#Create-Test)
[Step 2: Associate the scanned document with the test tax return](#Scanned-Doc)
[Step 3: Delete the test tax return](#Delete-Test)
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**Step 1: Create a “test” tax return**
1. From the **WIP**, click **Add New**.
2. Type a test SSN such as **1111111111** in the Social Security number box and the **Confirm** box.
3. Click **OK**.
4. Click **Save**.
5. Click **Close**.
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**Step 2: Associate the scanned document with the test tax return**
1. Select **Utility** > **System Utilities**.
2. Click **Scanned Documents** > **Run Utility**.
3. Click **Go**.
4. Select the** scanned document you want to delete**.
5. Click **Move**.
6. In the **SSN** box, type** 111111111** and then click **OK**.
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**Step 3: Delete the test tax return**
1. Open the tax return for Social Security number **111-11-1111**.
2. Click **Return** > **Delete Return**.
3. When the** Delete Return** box appears, click **Yes**. You have now successfully deleted the scanned document.