Discarding lets you remove information from a report that isn't about your subject. It pairs with Confirming from Review: where Confirm brings relevant information into the report, Discard takes irrelevant information back out.
This article walks you through when to use Discard, how to do it, and what happens to your report afterwards.
ℹ️ Who is this for?
Discard is available to all users. Like Confirming from Review, it's available on reports run on or after 3 April 2026.
When to use Discard
Use Discard when a report contains information about someone (or something) other than your subject - for example, an article, a corporate record, or a screening result that's been mistakenly tied to your subject because they share a name with the actual subject of the content.
Example: A report on David Schwimmer (CEO of LSEG) accidentally includes content about David Schwimmer the actor. Discard lets you remove that content yourself - no need to contact support or re-run the report.
Discard is for content that isn't about your subject - not for reframing or editing content that is.
If a piece of information genuinely is about your subject but you'd like to remove it for another reason (for example, it's factually incorrect, or you don't want it included), Discard isn't the right tool. Broader Editability - which will let you edit text in the report directly - is on the way as part of a future product update.
How to discard information
Click on the in-line sourcing for the piece of text you'd like to remove.
In the right-hand panel that opens, use the box at the top to mark the selected text as "mark as incorrect"
(Optional) Select additional pieces of text in the report so they're discarded together
Click the "Remove findings" bubble at the top of the report
Review the findings being removed, then click Update
The report updates. You can keep navigating through the report while it updates - a clear banner shows update progress
❗️Discard cannot be undone. Make sure you're confident the selected content is not about your subject before clicking Update.
What happens when you discard
Sections rewrite to stay consistent. The selected information, and any other sections of the report that reference it, are rewritten so everything reads as one coherent picture without the discarded content.
The report stays usable while it updates. You don't get sent to a separate loading screen - you can keep reading and moving around the report while the update completes in the background. A clear banner shows progress at the top of the report.
Ask Xapien stays in sync. Once a claim is discarded, Ask Xapien won't reference that information in its answers, so responses stay consistent with the updated state of the report.
Things to note
Discard and Confirm pause during an update. While a discard is in progress, you can keep reading the report, but you'll need to wait for the current update to finish before you can discard or confirm anything else.
Discard is for content that isn't about your subject. If the content is correctly about your subject but you'd like to edit or remove it for another reason, Editability is the upcoming feature for that use case.
The Related Entities section doesn't update on discard. Only the main report body is rewritten when you discard a claim. Updates to Related Entities are planned for a future product release.
Available on reports run on or after 3 April 2026. Discard isn't available on older reports.