8.9 Deleting a Folder Entry

8.9.1 Deleting a Single Entry

You can delete a folder entry if you have appropriate rights to do so. If you do not have sufficient rights, this option is not available to you.

  1. Navigate to and open the entry that you want to delete.

  2. Click Delete in the Entry toolbar.

  3. (Conditional) To move the entry to the trash, select Move to trash, then click OK.

    Selecting this option removes the entry from its current location without permanently deleting it from the Vibe system. You can undelete the entry as described in Section 8.10, Recovering a Folder Entry from the Trash.

  4. (Conditional) To permanently delete the entry, select Delete.

    IMPORTANT:Deleted items cannot be recovered.

  5. Click OK.

8.9.2 Deleting Multiple Entries

You can delete multiple entries within a folder if you have appropriate rights to do so. If you do not have sufficient rights, this option is not available to you.

Deleting multiple entries is supported only in Discussion, Files, and Tasks folders.

HINT:If you want to delete multiple entries in a folder that does not support multiple deletion of entries (such as a Blog folder), you can view the folder as a Discussion, Files, or Tasks folder if the folder owner makes these views available. For information on how to change the view of a folder after the folder owner has made alternate views available, see Section 6.15, Changing the Folder View.

  1. Navigate to the Files folder or Discussion folderthat contains the entries that you want to delete.

  2. Select one or more entries that you want to delete.

  3. Click Delete.

  4. (Conditional) To move the entries to the trash, select Move to trash, then click OK.

    Selecting this option removes the entries from their current location without permanently deleting them from the Vibe system. You can undelete the entry as described in Section 8.10, Recovering a Folder Entry from the Trash.

  5. (Conditional) To permanently delete the entries, select Delete.

    IMPORTANT:Deleted items cannot be recovered.

  6. Click OK.