Removing a layout

You can delete any layout, including the primary layout. If you delete all layouts for a form, the Layout tab displays the initial work area with the Create Layout button.

All text strings, including captions, notes, section titles, form titles, and codelist item label overrides, are saved until you delete the last layout for a form, even if you created the text strings on a layout that you then deleted. However, after you delete the last layout for a form, all of the text strings that you created for the form in the Layout tab are deleted. Questions are not deleted, even if you delete the last layout for a form.

Note: If someone removes the primary layout, you can recreate it. For more information, see Creating a layout for a form or item.

1. In the Project Explorer, select the Forms and Transactions Explorer bar.

   or

   In the Project Explorer, select the Items Explorer bar.

2. Select a form or item, and select the Layout tab.
3. If the layout is in the old format, convert it. For more information, see Converting layouts.
4. On the toolbar, select Layouts > Remove Layout.

   The Remove Layout dialog box appears.

5. From the Layout name drop-down list, select the name of the layout to delete, and click OK.