You can permanently delete the content associated
to a version of a file. You cannot recover the file content after
it has been deleted.
Note: Deleting content is different
from deleting files from your sandbox or repository workspace. Only
an administrator can delete content. For more information about deleting
files from your sandbox or repository workspace, see
Restoring deleted files or folders.
Note: We recommend that you do not delete file content that
is the latest version in a component. For example, if you delete the
content of the latest version of a file in a stream, when you load
the file, the content in your sandbox contains a message indicating
that the content was deleted by an administrator.
To delete the
content of a file that is the latest version in a stream, you can
delete the file from the stream. You can also deliver a change with
new file content, then delete the file version that you wanted to
remove.
Procedure
- To permanently delete the content referenced by a particular
version of a file from the repository, navigate to the History view of a file.
- In the History view, in the upper-right
corner, click the View Menu icon.
- Select Show Check-in History.
- In the Check-In History pane, select
a checked-in version of the file.
- Right-click the file version; then, click Delete
Content.
- In the Confirm content delete window,
click Delete.
- Optional: If the content you want to delete is referenced by other files in
the repository, a window opens that lists all of the references. Review all of the references before
deleting the content and then click Delete.
Note: If multiple files contain identical content, they all reference the same content entry in the
repository. Deleting that entry removes the referenced content from every file that points to
it.
Results
The Check-In History pane displays who deleted the content and when it
was deleted. If you try to open the file version after it is deleted, a note opens that states that
the content was deleted from the repository.