how to delete designs
If you inserted those files into another design at some point they will be in the other design's version history even if you've removed them from the latest version(and no they will not show as used in another file). You will need to delete any file that has used those designs first.
If all you've done at some point was insert "foo" into "foo1" you'd need to delete "foo1" first then delete "foo". Have you tried deleting the files one at a time?
Mark
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I do in fact also have a very similar problem with a design that I downloaded to help another user.
When I open it I get the following message:
Sure enough the browser lists a folder with that unresolved component with nothing in it:
I can of course delete the folder, bit that still keeps that same unresolved document in this version of the design and saving it only creates a new version without it. But I still cannot delete the entire design.
When I look at the "used in" tab in the data panel it looks like it is referring to itself.
The reference might actually be to another design with the same name, but the think is that I shouldn't have been able to delete that other design.
@tomae wrote:
@HughesTooling wrote:
If you inserted those files into another design at some point they will be in the other design's version history even if you've removed them from the latest version(and no they will not show as used in another file). You will need to delete any file that has used those designs first.
If all you've done at some point was insert "foo" into "foo1" you'd need to delete "foo1" first then delete "foo". Have you tried deleting the files one at a time?
Mark
Mark,
I don’t think I inserted them into other designs, if I did is there any function to search to find which? I have hundreds of designs I don’t know how I’d go about finding where...I have tried deleting them one at a time in various order and nothing works.
Thanks,
-Tom
If they were used in another design it would have to be in the same project folder, how many designs are in the same project?
Mark
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@TrippyLighting Seem to remember there was a problem if you used Save As to create a copy then inserted the copy back into the design. Think both ended up with the same IDs for objects and some odd things happened in the design. Not sure if that got fixed yet.
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That is probably exactly what that user did and when before I downloaded it.
It might be fixed - I am not brave enough to try 🙂 - so it does not happen in new designs, but the question is: how do I get rid of this design that I really don't want anymore.
You do have the option to delete the project folder. Any designs you need can be moved first, if any will not move they have links to other designs, either current or in the version history. If a design has no current links you can make a copy to a different project using Save As. When you have all the designs you want to keep in the new project, archive the old project then delete the project from the archive folder. As for force delete, not sure that's a good idea, get enough people crying now deleting designs by mistake.
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