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You can delete a collection and associated metadata, if the following criteria are all true:
- Your user account has the group administrator role.
- You own that collection. For information on the Own permission level, refer to About Permission Levels.
- That collection is empty.
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To To delete collection that has files in it, send a request to ncidatavault@mail.nih.gov.a collection:
- Log in as described in Logging In via the Web GUI. The Dashboard appears.
Include Page shared step - browse for content shared step - browse for content - Navigate to and right-click the collection or data file you want to viewdelete. Click Click View Details. The Collection page or Data File page appears.
- On the Collection page, click the delete icon (). A message appears, prompting you to confirm the deletion.
- Click OK. By default, the system performs a soft deletion. The system retains this collection for two years and then permanently deletes it. Only DME system administrators can perform immediately permanent deletion.
To delete a non-empty collection as a group administrator, consider using the CLU command with the recursive (-r) option, as described in Deleting a Collection via the CLU. To request deletion of data you do not own or older data, contact NCIDataVault@mail.nih.gov.