Permanent Delete

Heretto CCMS enables you to permanently delete files, either on demand or by scheduling the permanent deletion of files.

Important:

This feature may be disabled on your Heretto CCMS instance. If you want to enable this feature, contact your Customer Success Manager.

Warning:

You cannot restore permanently deleted files, their version history, or associated metadata.

Permanently Delete Files

You can permanently remove files from the Content Library.

Warning:

You cannot restore permanently deleted files, their version history, or associated metadata.

In the Content Library:

Option	Description
To permanently delete a single file,	right-click the file that you want to permanently delete and click Permanently Delete.
To permanently delete multiple files,	do the following: Select multiple files by using the corresponding check boxes. Right-click one of the selected files and click Permanently Delete.

In the Permanently Delete window, acknowledge the warning message by selecting the corresponding check box.
Warning:
This action is irreversible. You cannot restore permanently deleted files.
Click Permanently Delete.

Schedule a File for Permanent Deletion

You can specify for how long a file is retained in the Content Library. The files that reach the end of their retention date are removed from the CCMS and unrecoverable.

Warning:

You cannot restore permanently deleted files, their version history, or associated metadata.

In the Content Library, click the file that you want to permanently delete after a specified date.
In the right-hand pane, in the Retention section, click the Permanent Deletion Date field and select when the file should be permanently deleted.
Figure 1. Retention Section
Note:
The Retention section is present in the Create new window too which enables you to specify when a file should be permanently deleted upon its creation.

On the “Permanent Deletion Date”, the file is permanently deleted.

Warning:

This action is irreversible. You cannot restore permanently deleted files.

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