How can I delete unused variables?

HI Deepak,

Those variables were created by storyline when a results slide was created. The second set was created when another results slide was created. Unfortunately, deleting the first results slide does not clean up the variables, and you can't access them to delete them. I've found the best thing to do is just leave them alone, and not worry about them. 

If you really want to get rid of them, you can create a new project, and import all of your slides except for the results slides from the old project. Then you can start from a clean slate. I've done this, and id does work, but usually I find it isn't worth the extra effort, as the abandoned variables won't effect your course in any way.

Hi Deepak:

You raise a good point in that there is currently no Storyline feature to quickly remove all unused variables in one step, menu click, or action. 

The most common approach is to delete variables such as these one at a time.

However, if you reuse a project, as I often do, I tend to create newer variables and then stop using many of the older ones from the older project.

I'll try to stop by Articulate Storyline's request link later today and make a specific feature request for this, if it hasn't been covered already, of course (!)

-Mark

It's not yet a feature to purge the unused variables, but you can definitely submit them here. 

Thanks Mark :) 

Hope you have a great Friday and weekend to come! 

I just submitted this request too, and following this thread in case there are any updates.

Thanks Terry for adding your voice to the discussions and feature requests. Thanks for adding your voice.

I would also like to see the feature to purge unused variables.

Hi All!

I'm excited to report that today we released Update 36 (Build 3.36.21213.0) for Storyline 360!

One of the features we've added is the ability to select multiple variables and then copy, paste, or delete them at the same time. Use Ctrl+click, Shift+click, and Ctrl+A to multi-select variables. This new addition is sure to improve your workflow!

Now all you need to do is update your Articulate 360 Desktop app!

Re-opening this thread as I feel like the initial issue was not solved, while I appreciate you can delete variables in bulk now, I can not delete built-in variables, such as the ones created when adding a result slide(which I feel is what Deepak was initially trying to say) 

Because a majority of the content I have created is being used across multiple different learnings, I have been duplicating the module and then adding the more task-specific content required for the role. 

I think in doing so it has created up to 15 different result.passpoints etc. to select from *see attached image* on my results slide. I am only assuming this is how it's created that many as I have no idea how it would have otherwise. You can appreciate the issues I am now having with trying to get this to function properly when it comes to the quiz and referring it to the correct variable. 

I saw the comment above to copy the content into and new storyline file to try and start fresh with a result slide there, but there is so much content and whenever I paste it over, the formatting is lost(even when pasting with source formatting) 

I apologise if there is a different thread answering my questions and I have missed it, this is a difficult/confusing question to ask haha. 

Thanks for any help in advance, I have also already put in a feature request to be able to delete or remove these built-in/system created variables.

Thanks for following up, Adam, and great call on submitting a feature request!

I appreciate you sharing these details of what you're experiencing. From here, I'd recommend connecting with one of our support engineers directly so they can provide guidance, so I've gone ahead and opened a support case on your behalf. Stay tuned; one of my teammates will reach out shortly!