# Delete User Database Dialogue Box

This dialogue box is displayed when you choose the Database | Delete User Database menu option.

Proceed with caution. If you give permission here, all your user-defined snippets will be deleted without further confirmation. This action can't be undone.

Click Cancel to back out of this dialogue box.

If you decide you really want to do this you must enter the upper case text `DELETE` `MY` `SNIPPETS` in the edit box, then press OK. You will get an error message, and the snippets won't be deleted, if the text you entered is incorrect.

Once you enter the required text and click OK all user-defined snippets will be deleted straight away and the main display will be re-loaded.

You are strongly advised to take a backup of your snippets before deleting them, in case you change you mind. To do this first cancel this dialogue box then use the Database | Backup User Database menu option.

## Why would you do this?

It's very unlikely you will need to delete all your snippets, but there is one use case where this facility is useful. That is when you are moving snippets from the standard version of CodeSnip to a portable version, or vice versa.

For further details, see this FAQ.