- Delete a Package
- Delete a Package
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- Deleting a package deletes the package document from the Library, along with all of the items it contains. You can delete a package only from the Library, just as you would
- delete a document
- Deleting a package that contains items linked to your content creates broken links. Therefore, if you plan to delete a package, you should first remove any links from your content to the files it contains.
- Tip:
- Broken Links tool
- The situation might also arise in which you attempt to delete a package as a
- related document
- Consider the following two examples involving a package named Package AB that contains the files File A and File B:
- First, suppose that File A is linked as the concept of Module A but File B is not linked to any other document. If you delete Module A with related documents, Package AB, including both File A and File B, is deleted. The entire package is deleted, even though only one of the files it contained was linked to the document being deleted.
- Now suppose that File A is linked as the concept of Module A and File B is linked as the concept of Module B. If you now attempt to delete Module A with related documents, Package AB is not deleted, because of the link between File B and Module B. Further, File A is also not deleted, even though it was directly linked to the document being deleted and is not linked to any other document. In this case, the selected document is successfully deleted, but the related package document is left intact.
- Therefore, you cannot create any broken links in your content by deleting a package as a related document.
- Multi-user Considerations
- Documents under version control must be checked in and you must be working online to delete a document from the Library. You can delete new documents that have never been checked in (are not under version control) while working online or offline.