Discarding removes information from a report that isn't about your subject. It's the counterpart to Confirming from Review: Confirm brings relevant information in, Discard takes irrelevant information 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?
Who is this for? All users with Edit access to the report, on reports run on or after 3 April 2026.
When to use Discard
Use it when a report contains information about someone or something other than your subject: an article, a corporate record or a screening result that's been tied to your subject because they share a name with the person it's really about.
Example: A report on Jane Doe (CEO of ACME Inc) accidentally includes content about Jane Doe 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 the highlighted claim text you want to remove. Click the words themselves, not the source pill or the "+N" count after them: those open the sources for the claim, but don't offer the discard option.
In the panel that opens on the right, tick the box at the top to mark the claim as incorrect.
Optionally, click other claims to mark them at the same time.
Select the Remove findings bubble at the top of the report.
Check the list of what will be removed, then select Update.
The report updates in the background. Keep reading while it does; a banner at the top shows progress.
❗️Discard can't be undone. Be sure the content isn't about your subject before you select Update.
Photos and logos
If the subject's photo is wrong, click it and choose Mark image as incorrect. Xapien replaces it with the next most likely image for your subject. Organisation logos can't be changed in the same way; if a logo is wrong, re-run the report or contact support.
What happens when you discard
Sections rewrite to stay consistent. The removed information, and any other part of the report that referred to it, is rewritten so the report reads as one coherent picture.
If the claim's only source was that one, the source is removed from the report too.
The report stays usable. You can keep reading and moving around while the update completes.
Ask Xapien stays in sync. Once a claim is discarded, Ask Xapien won't use it in answers.
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.