How to delete test labs from the app?

[+kathysgeek]

While developing my second lab I iterated with test versions a number of times.
Each time I created the test, scanned it into the app, tested it and then deleted the test on the builder.
However, now I have a dozen test instances in the app on my phone.

How can these be deleted?

I have experience using adb (Android Debug Bridge) and can remove files if instructed where they reside.
However, I was hoping there was a way to do it inside the app.
That would be more beneficial to the non-technical audience.
 

[+barefootjeff]

Yes, it's pretty easy. On the main page of the AL app, where it shows the overall map, tap on the three bars and circles thing in the top right corner which will bring up a list of adventures. Find the tests in that list and swipe left on them with your finger to remove them. Don't worry about slippages as only test ALs can be deleted that way.

[+kathysgeek]

That was simple and should have been obvious to me. 
However, real labs cannot be removed in same way so I did not try.

 

Thanks barefootjeff!
 

[+Elliotts4]

Yes, thank you from us as well. Just launched our first adventure and had the same question!

[+katsc]

I am having the same issue with a Lab I just created. On the web, it shows as public. However, I have two tests on my phone that I cannot delete. I am unable to swipe to delete it. Does this work differently on an iPhone?

[+Max and 99]

23 hours ago, katsc said:

I am having the same issue with a Lab I just created. On the web, it shows as public. However, I have two tests on my phone that I cannot delete. I am unable to swipe to delete it. Does this work differently on an iPhone?

No. Same. I wonder if the problem could be that you didn't delete the tests before making it public? Every test should be deleted before you create a new test so there shouldn't be two. 

[+WLCK]

I'm having the same issue.
I deleted the test-app from the builder before removing it from the Android app. Now it's just stuck. Is there a way to remove this leftover from the app please?

[+Max and 99]

3 hours ago, HHL said:

Open the list view in the AdLab app. Delete the test AdvetureLab by dragging it to the left (or right, just test it out) of the list.

I think it's done a little differently now.

https://forums.geocaching.com/GC/index.php?/topic/390579-release-notes-adventure-lab®-app-search-and-test-copy-deletion-improvement-may-30-2023/

[+WLCK]

Swiping doesn't work anymore as confirmed by the link @Max and 99 provided.
However, the way of deleting as explained in that link doesn't work either. When I try to open the AL as explained, it just spins for a while and then returns to the overview. 

[+WLCK]

Solved by removing all data and cache from the Android app.

[+Max and 99]

On 10/14/2023 at 8:58 AM, WLCK said:

Swiping doesn't work anymore as confirmed by the link @Max and 99 provided.
However, the way of deleting as explained in that link doesn't work either. When I try to open the AL as explained, it just spins for a while and then returns to the overview. 

I'm pretty sure I deleted the test before I made my adventure public but now both icons are showing on the map and I can't get rid of the test one. 

I cleared the phone cache, but no change. 

[+200_laps]

a friend sent me a link to a "draft" version of his A/L for me to review; now I can't delete it from my (Android) phone; tried swiping (which had worked in the past); but now nothing happens except a short spinning circle display

[+Max and 99]

I haven't been able to delete my test lab for months. Nothing I do gets it off the map. 

Android.

Edited February 13, 2024 by Max and 99

[+SurdiVisio]

Likewise. Even logged myself out from AL app, let my partner log there - but still there. In the end, I uninstalled the AL app from my iPhone - thus flushing the data cache. Once reinstalled, all is good. All the test (deleted via website) ALs are no longer there. Just the public AL that I've created. Lovely, but yes a cumbersome workaround.

[+BigA800]

I agree with the previously posted comments! There is nothing that seems to work to delete the test copies.

Several of us shared test copies to make sure everything was functioning correctly. Now that all of the caches are public. I cannot delete the test copies and they continue to show on my screen.

Is there any way to resolve this?

[+BethKatzPA]

I tested a lab for a friend. Now I can’t delete it from the app on my iPhone. I used to be able to swipe on it to delete. Please restore that feature. 

[+wigglesworth]

Like others I cannot delete test versions from my adventure list.

Has anyone managed to discover a way to successfully remove them?

[+Essap]

I had this issue on the test of my own AL.  The test and the live AL were both showing on the app.  I finally got rid of the test by uninstalling the AL app and then reinstalling and logging back in.