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Deleting, Restoring, and Purging Items

In Librarian, to delete a file or folder means to remove it from the Librarian user interface. To purge a file or folder means to remove it from the BarTender System Database altogether.

When you delete a file, it cannot be modified, checked out, or checked in to the repository. When you delete a folder, all of the subfolders and files that it contains are also deleted. However, the deleted file or folder (and its contents) does remain in the BarTender System Database and can later be restored to the repository.

To view deleted files and folders, click Show Deleted Items on the View menu.

After you delete an item, you can purge it. When you purge a deleted item from the BarTender System Database, you remove all the history of the deleted item.

The purge operation cannot be reversed. Purged items cannot be restored.

ClosedTo delete a file

  1. In the Folders pane, browse to the folder where the file resides.

  2. In the Files pane, select the file that you want to delete.

  3. Use one of the following methods to delete the file:

  4. Click OK.

ClosedTo restore a deleted file

  1. On the View menu, click Show Deleted Items if it is not already selected. You might need to refresh the view by pressing F5.

  2. In the Folders pane, browse to the folder where the file resided.

  3. In the Files pane, right-click the file that you want to restore, and then click Undelete. Alternatively, click Undelete on the File menu.

ClosedTo delete a folder

  1. In the Folders pane, browse to the folder that you want.

  2. Use one of the following methods to delete the folder:

  3. Click OK.

ClosedTo restore a deleted folder

  1. On the View menu, click Show Deleted Items if it is not already selected. You might need to refresh the view by pressing F5.

  2. In the Folders pane, browse to the deleted folder.

  3. Right-click the folder that you want to restore, and then click Undelete. Alternatively, click Undelete on the File menu.

ClosedTo purge an item

  1. On the View menu, click Show Deleted Items if it is not already selected. You might need to refresh the view by pressing F5.

  2. In the Folders pane, browse to the deleted item that you want to purge.

  3. Right-click the item, and then click Purge. Alternatively, click Purge on the File menu.