Deleting, undeleting, and purging objects

Deleting an object does not permanently remove the object. It marks the object as deleted, and stops users from being able to edit it. To permanently remove the object, you must purge it after you have deleted it.

Before you begin

To prevent broken links, all in-links must be removed before the object can be deleted. If the object has descendants, the descendants are also deleted. All in-links to the descendants must be deleted before the parent object can be deleted.

About this task

When you delete an object that has an out-link, the link is not deleted until you purge the object and save the module.

To delete, undelete or purge an object, you must have delete access to the object and to all objects in the tree below it.

Note: You cannot delete or purge objects that have descendants if sorting is turned on.

Procedure

  1. In the module, select the object, or objects that you want to delete, undelete, or purge. If you cannot see deleted objects, select View > Show > Deletions to display them.
  2. To:
    • Delete an object, click Edit > Object > Delete.
    • Purge an object, click Edit > Object > Purge.
    • Purge all the deleted objects in the module, click Edit > Purge All.
    • Restore an object, click Edit > Object > Undelete.
Related concepts:
Objects
Selecting objects
Dragging objects
How copy and move affect links
Manipulating objects

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