Deleting an item

There are two settings at the page group level that impact deleted items:

When you delete an item on a page, the item is removed from the page unless the page group administrator has selected the Retain Deleted Items option. When this option is selected, items are stored in the database after they are deleted. If this option is not selected, items are immediately and permanently removed from the database when they are deleted.

Note: To remove retained deleted items from the database, the administrator must perform a system purge.

The Display Deleted Items option allows you to continue to display items on pages even after they have been deleted. Deleted items are visible only in Edit mode, marked with a Deleted flag. If this option is not selected, items are no longer displayed on pages when they are deleted. To display deleted items, you must also retain deleted items in the database.

Notes:

You must be logged on as a page owner or an authorized user with the appropriate page or item-level privileges to delete an item.
Only users with at least Manage Item privileges on a deleted item (if item level security is enabled), or at least Manage Content privileges on the page that contains the deleted item can see and interact with deleted items when a page is in Edit mode.
If you delete an item that has sub-items, all of the item's sub-items are also deleted.

To delete an item:

Navigate to the page that includes the item.

Note: If you do not see the page that you want to work with, you may not have the appropriate page access privileges. See your page group administrator to gain access.
Switch to Edit mode.
Locate the item that you want to delete and click beside the item.
Click Delete.

The item is deleted from the page.

Deleting an item

To delete an item:

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