You cannot always immediately delete items. Sometimes you
need to perform steps to prepare an item for deletion.
To delete an item:
- Select an item in an index.
- Click Delete.
You can view a list of deleted items in either the My
Items>Deleted or All Items>deleted views.
Referential integrity
When deleting items
that are referenced by other items, you need to resolve any references
that is broken by deleting the item. A dialog opens listing the items
that cannot be deleted:
- Select an item from the list and click the Edit Links button.
- Select an item and click Replace Link to
replace the item you are currently deleting with a different item. For
example, if you are deleting a text component that is referenced within
a presentation template, you can replace the reference to the text
component you are deleting with a different component.
- Select an item and click Clear Link to
remove the link to the item you are deleting. For example, if you
are deleting a presentation template that is mapped to an authoring
template, you can choose to clear the link to the authoring template.
Note: The referential integrity options available when deleting
items depend on the level of referential integrity applied to different
items. There are occasions where only one option is available. Other
items may not be able to be deleted at all.
Restoring items
You can restore a deleted
item by restoring a version of an item. See Managing Versions
of items for further information.
Purging items
Users who have been granted
manager access or above to a library can purge deleted items by selecting
deleted items in the "All Items" view and then clicking Purge. This removes all occurrences of the selected item,
including all versions. You cannot restore purged items.