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# Delete Bands

You can delete bands from your band set when eliminating jobs, removing pay zones, or correcting errors. This guide covers how to delete bands and understand the impact.


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## Table of Contents


1. What Gets Deleted
2. Deleting Bands (Jobs-Based)
3. Deleting Bands (Grades-Based)
4. Related Articles


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### What Gets Deleted

**When you delete bands:**

* Compensation data is removed (min/mid/max values)
* Benchmark data is deleted
* The band is removed from its data rule
* Employees lose band assignments

**What's NOT deleted:**

* The job or grade itself (only the compensation bands for that job/grade)
* Employee records
* HRIS matchers

### Deleting Jobs and Pay Zones

**If you delete all bands for a job:**

* System surfaces an option to delete the parent job
* Deleting the job also deletes relevant mappings
* Warning: "This action cannot be undone and relevant mappings will also be deleted. You will need to create the job again and re-map it if you change your mind."

**If you delete all bands in a pay zone:**

* System surfaces an option to delete the parent pay zone
* Deleting the pay zone also deletes relevant mappings
* Same warning applies

**When you filter to a job or pay zone with no bands:**

The system shows two options:


1. **Delete the empty job/pay zone**
2. **Add bands** - Launches the add bands flow scoped to that job/pay zone

Before confirming deletion, you'll see the warning about mappings being deleted.

### Impacted Surfaces

Deleted bands, jobs, or pay zones are reflected across all surfaces:

* Band count
* Add jobs flow
* Mappings
* Data rules
* Unmatched employees
* And all other relevant views


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## Deleting Bands (Jobs-Based)

### Delete Individual Bands


1. Go to **Bands** tab
2. Select the job bands you want to delete (checkboxes)
3. Click **Delete bands** button in toolbar
4. Confirm the deletion

**What's deleted:**

* The band values (min/mid/max)
* Associated benchmarks
* Removal from data rules


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### Delete All Bands for a Job


1. Go to **Bands** tab
2. Filter or select all bands for a specific job
3. Click **Delete bands**
4. System prompts: "Delete the job?"
5. Choose:
   * **Delete bands only** - Keep the job structure, remove compensation data
   * **Delete job and bands** - Remove the job entirely and all its bands

### Delete All Bands in a Pay Zone


1. Go to **Bands** tab
2. Filter to the pay zone
3. Select all bands
4. Click **Delete bands**
5. System prompts: "Delete the pay zone?"
6. Choose:
   * **Delete bands only** - Keep the pay zone structure, remove compensation data
   * **Delete pay zone and bands** - Remove the pay zone entirely

### Delete Bands from Ladder View

From the Jobs tab ladder view:


1. Navigate to a job ladder
2. Select specific job(s)
3. Click **Delete**
4. Deletes the job + pay zone combination
5. Also deletes the associated benchmark


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## Deleting Bands (Grades-Based)

### Delete Grade Band (Grade + Pay Zone Combo)


1. Go to **Bands** tab with **View by: Grades** selected
2. Select the grade band(s) you want to delete
3. Click **Delete bands**
4. Confirm

**What happens:**

* The grade + pay zone combination is deleted
* Jobs assigned to this grade become unassigned
* The grade itself is NOT deleted (just this pay zone combination)
* You can always add jobs back to this grade + pay zone combo later

**Example:**

```
Delete: BUS1 grade in Brazil pay zone

Result:
- BUS1 in Brazil bands are deleted
- Jobs assigned to BUS1 in Brazil become unassigned
- BUS1 grade still exists
- BUS1 in other pay zones (e.g., India, US) still exist
```


 ![deleteGrades.gif](https://support.pave.com/api/attachments.redirect?id=97fd7b74-2bb1-45e4-907b-084fcab81feb " =1497x698")

### Delete Job from Ladder View (Grades-Based)


1. Go to Jobs tab → Ladder view
2. Select a job
3. Click **Delete**
4. Deletes the job + pay zone combination
5. Same behavior as jobs-based: deletes job, bands, and benchmarks

    ![deleteByLadder.gif](https://support.pave.com/api/attachments.redirect?id=0c0a4b0f-5a86-43e5-8da1-6556e7677c0c " =1497x698")

### Delete Pay Zone in Grades-Based


1. Delete all jobs and grade bands in a pay zone
2. Pay zone persists in filters
3. Select that pay zone
4. System prompts to delete the empty pay zone
5. Confirm to delete


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## Related Articles

* **Add Bands**: Re-adding bands after deletion
* **Manage & Edit Jobs**: Job management beyond bands
* **Manage Pay Zones**: Pay zone configuration
* **Edit Bands & Assign Jobs to Grades**: Managing grade assignments