How to delete publications

How to delete publications

Deletion of publications in a topic


STEP 1: Select the publications you want to delete.


If you are working on one topic and you want to remove specific publications from it, select them using the checkboxes on the publication cards.
Or you can select all filtered publications via the checkbox in the top bar.

STEP 2: Then click the delete icon in the publications action panel.

STEP 3: Browse the topics to be deleted, enter the number of publications you wish to delete and confirm your selection.
Entering the number of selected publications for deletion is required to protect against accidental deletion of publications.

The system will alert you that publications will be deleted for the topic you are currently working on.


Please note:
If you are working on one topic and plan to use the mass deletion tool for publications, they will only be deleted for that topic. If these documents are also related to other topics, these publications will remain in those topics. To delete a publication on all the topics it belongs to, open and delete the publication (read more about how to delete a publication). Or select the desired topics and delete the publication with the mass deletion of publications tool.

Deletion of publications in several/all topics


STEP 1: Select the topics on which you want to delete the publications and click "OK".



If the publications you want to delete belong to more than one topic and you want to delete them on all topics, you need to mass delete the publications when working with all topics. Learn more about browsing topics.
To work on more than one topic at a time, select the desired topics with the checkboxes next to their names and press OK under the list of topics.

STEP 2: Select the publications you want to delete.



STEP 3: Next click on the delete icon in the publications action panel.

STEP 4: Browse the topics for which you want to delete the publication, enter the number of publications you want to delete and confirm your selection.
Entering the number of selected publications for deletion is required to protect against accidental deletion of publications.



The system will warn you that the publications will be deleted for the topics in which you are currently working.

Please note:
  1. You can delete 3,000 publications at one time. If you select more publications, the system will only process the first 3,000 publications.
  2. Documents will only be deleted in the selected topic(s).
  3. Documents will be deleted for all users of the account.
  4. When you delete publications from your account, tags, tone, and all metrics belonging to the publication are also deleted.
  5. If a publication needs to be returned to the topic, this can be done by re-filling the topic with documents from the required period. Find out about filling topics with publications from previous periods.
  6. In order to be able to delete documents, the user must have appropriate rights (learn more about user roles and rights).

Enjoy using the Semantrum system!




                    Learn more about creating a topic in Semantrum
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