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In the Data tab, each sample can be renamed or deleted from the project by clicking the gear icon next to the sample name. The gear icon is readily visible upon mouse over (Figure 19). Sample can only be deleted if no analysis has been performed on the data yet. If any analysis has been performed on the data node, then delete sample operation is invisible. You can perform filter samples in downstream analysis if you want to exclude certain samples in further analysis. Deleting a sample from a project does not delete the associated files, which will remain on the disk.

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