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The criteria for deleting a file depends on the type of file:

File TypeCriteria
Data file

If the following criteria are all true, you can delete a data file:

  • You have permission to delete it in one of the following ways:
    • Via ownership: You created it. 
    • Via group permissions (as described in Managing Edit Permissions) and delete permission. (To request permission to delete data, select About > Contact. For details, refer to Contacting Us.)

  • The parent collection is not public. For information, refer to Sharing Collections with Groups. 

  • The data file is less than 90 days old.
Prediction filesIf the following criteria are both true, you can delete prediction files:
  • You own the data. That is, you generated the prediction files. 
  • The prediction files are less than 90 days old.

To delete a file:

  1. Log in, as described in Logging In. 
  2. Perform a search, as described in Finding Data.
  3. In the search results, click the link for the asset of interest. The Asset Details page appears. 
  4. If the asset has subfolders, navigate to the file of interest. (Click each folder to open it.)
  5. If the asset has prediction files that you want to delete, click the Predictions tab.
  6. In the row for the file that you want to delete, click the delete file icon. A confirmation message appears.
  7. Click Yes. 
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