# How to delete(remove) positions from mypaper account? (not close/liquidate)

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-delete-remove-positions-from-mypaper-account-not-close-liquidate/7981>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [January 12, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-delete-remove-positions-from-mypaper-account-not-close-liquidate/7981 "2022-01-12T12:06:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Power\_Quantbot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/power_quantbot/32/3467_2.png) [@Power\_Quantbot](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Power_Quantbot)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-delete-remove-positions-from-mypaper-account-not-close-liquidate/7981/1 "2022-01-12T12:06:32Z")

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How to delete positions? there isn’t options to remove position from the list.

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/dan_whitnable_alpaca/32/1658_2.png) [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-delete-remove-positions-from-mypaper-account-not-close-liquidate/7981/2 "2022-01-13T20:36:56Z")

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Paper accounts, just like live, show all currently held positions in ones account. There isn’t a way to ‘hide’ or not show a position. The only way to remove a position is to close (ie liquidate) the shares so you no longer hold any shares.