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Hussienah
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Remove Datasource form power bi desktop

Hi All,
Can you tell me how to remove adatatsource from power Bi Desktp I have an old datasource which was local in my machine for test purpose  now when I published my project and tried to make a schedule refresh it's give an error because of the local excel file datasource  I removed the table from my modele but it did not remove the datasource

can you tell me how to just remove the datasource form Power BI desktop

Thanks all

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Anonymous
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HI @Hussienah 

 

Please delete as shown below in Power Query Editor or press 'Delete' after selecting the table.

pranit828_0-1597862110008.png

And if on the PBI desktop, click the three eplipses next to the table name which you use to create a measure and select delete as below.

pranit828_1-1597862198443.png

 

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Anonymous
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HI @Hussienah 

 

Please delete as shown below in Power Query Editor or press 'Delete' after selecting the table.

pranit828_0-1597862110008.png

And if on the PBI desktop, click the three eplipses next to the table name which you use to create a measure and select delete as below.

pranit828_1-1597862198443.png

 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Hussienah , refer

In first link scroll down check , wrong solution marked

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Remove-existing-DataSource/td-p/1666

https://superuser.com/questions/1553875/how-to-remove-a-data-source-from-power-bi-desktop

 

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/gateways/deletedatasource

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