Delete Section

Deletes a section from an Asana project. Tasks that were in the section move to the project's default section rather than being deleted.

What It Does

Removes the section you specify from its project. Any tasks that were filed under it are not deleted; Asana moves them to the project's default section.

When To Use It

Use this when a workflow needs to clean up or restructure a project's sections automatically, such as removing a temporary "Backlog" section once its tasks have been triaged. This does not delete any tasks, so it is safe to use even when a section still has work in it.

Configuration

Configure the node with these settings:

Field	What it controls
Section ID	The GID of the section to delete. Required.

Outputs

The node passes these values downstream. Check the Outputs tab on the configured node to confirm exact paths.

Variable	Type	Example
`sectionId`	`string`	`{{nodeId.sectionId}}`
`success`	`boolean`	`{{nodeId.success}}`
`message`	`string`	`{{nodeId.message}}`

Example Workflow

At the end of a sprint, a workflow archives the sprint's tasks and then calls Delete Section to remove the now-empty sprint section from the project.

Create Section
Update Section
Add Task to Section

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