{"id":2542,"date":"2017-09-20T09:33:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T08:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2019-02-04T11:58:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T11:58:15","slug":"how-to-delete-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-items\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete Items"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to Delete Items from your Project<\/h2>\n

When deleting items you are presented with options that relate to the scope<\/em> of the operation. The scope determines whether just a single item is deleted, or an item together with its supporting definitions<\/em>, or an item and the hierarchy<\/em> of items linked to it by cross references<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Delete Items dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Delete
Delete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can delete any number of items at the same time (in WorkBench, items can be deleted one at a time through Web Access). You must have read-write access to an item to be able to delete it is available through the context<\/em> menu (right-click) or on the Item<\/strong> menu.<\/p>\n

When you delete the last instance of an item, that is, if there are no more versions or drafts of the item after it has been deleted, and the item isn’t in a recoverable state, Cradle<\/em> then automatically removes all cross references to and from the item. This ensures that there are never any dangling<\/em> cross references in the database, that is cross references to<\/em> or from<\/em> items that do not exist.<\/p>\n

The Delete<\/b> operation has the same scope option as the Copy<\/b> operation, with the same possible values and meanings. These are:<\/p>\n