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How to delete a cellar or fridge

Delete a storage on iPhone, iPad, Android or the web — and move its bottles somewhere else first so you do not lose them.

Open the storage, tap and choose Delete. If it still holds bottles, the app asks what to do with them before anything is removed.

⚠️ Deleting a storage without transferring its bottles deletes those bottles. They are not moved to Past Bottles and they cannot be recovered. If you want to keep the wine, choose Transfer — it is offered on the same screen.

Your past bottles are kept. Only bottles still sitting in the storage are affected. Anything you had already consumed, gifted, sold or otherwise removed from it stays in Past Bottles, with its reviews and its removal details, after the storage is gone.

On iPhone and iPad

  1. On Home, tap the storage’s card, or tap Edit beside Cellars & fridges to see them all.

  2. Tap in the top right, then Delete.

  3. If it holds bottles, choose Transfer n Bottles or Delete Storage & n Bottles.

  4. After Transfer, tap the storage the bottles should move to and tap Yes. After Delete Storage, type DELETE and tap Continue.

Home → tap a storage → ⋯ → Delete → Transfer 12 Bottles → pick a storage → Yes

Deleting needs Admin access to the collection. With editor or viewer access the app answers You do not have the necessary permissions.

What happens to what was inside

Transfer the bottles

Delete storage & bottles

The bottles in it

Move to the storage you pick

Deleted, permanently

Bottles you had already removed from it

Stay in Past Bottles

Stay in Past Bottles

Their 3D slot positions

Cleared — the bottles arrive unplaced

Gone

Sections, racks and shelves

Deleted

Deleted

The storage itself

Deleted

Deleted

Both paths end with the storage gone. To empty one and keep it, move the bottles out first — see How to move bottles to a different storage.

When Delete won’t go through

What you see

Why, and what to do

You are required to have at least 1 storage in your collection

Your bottles have to live somewhere. Create the replacement storage first, then delete this one.

A prompt about deliveries, with Edit deliveries

Wine is on its way to this storage. Point those deliveries at another storage, or delete them, then try again.

An error mentioning an outstanding import

An import is still running or still waiting to be reviewed, and it is filling this storage. Finish it first.

No Delete in the menu at all

The storage is shared with a wine club member. Unlink the member from it first.

It fails and nothing explains why

A storage whose 3D model we built for you cannot be deleted from the app. Email support@invintory.com and we will remove it.

Android

The same two choices, reached from the gear icon in the top right of the storage: Delete, then Transfer n Bottles or Delete Storage & n Bottles, then type DELETE.

Web

On app.invintory.com, open the storage from Cellars & Fridges in the left sidebar and click More, then Delete storage. Type delete to delete the bottles with it, or click Transfer n bottles, choose where they go, and type confirm. The web wants both words in lower case.

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