Deleting Documents in the SmartVault Portal

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Delete a document in the SmartVault portal when you no longer want to store the document in SmartVault.

Note: You must have appropriate permissions before you can delete a document in SmartVault. For more information, see “Permissions Required for Deleting Documents” .

When you delete a document in SmartVault, the document is permanently deleted.

To delete a document in the SmartVault portal:

1. Sign in to the SmartVault portal. For more information, see “Signing In to the SmartVault Portal” .

2. If you are working in the Advanced view, complete the following steps:

Note: For more information about the Advanced view, see “Advanced View” .

a. In the left tree pane, browse to and select the vault or folder that contains the document you want to delete.

b. In the center pane, click the row, but not the name of the document itself, to select the document.

Note: If you click the name of the document, you will open the document.

c. In the right task pane, under File Tasks, click Delete File.

d. Click OK to confirm that you want to delete the document.

3. If you are working in the Files and Folders view, complete the following steps:

Note: For more information about the Advanced view, see “Files and Folders View” .

a. Browse to and select the vault or folder that contains the document you want to delete.

b. Click the Delete icon next to the document you want to delete.

c. Click OK to confirm that you want to permanently delete the document.

SmartVault permanently deletes the document.