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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-3 | UM-3 Add / edit content]] > [[UM-3.3|UM-3.3 Add / edit archival institutions]] > UM-3.3.3 Delete an existing archival institution
 
  
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[[Image:viewInst.png|500px|right|thumb|Delete an existing archival institution by clicking the Delete button in the button block]]
  
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1. Navigate to the [[Authority record|authority record]] you want to delete.
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*For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see in this manual: [[UM-4|UM-4 Access content]].
 
  
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2. Switch from [[View mode|view mode]] to [[Edit mode|edit mode]] by clicking the [[Title bar|title bar]] or [[Edit button|edit button]]; this takes you to the record's [[Edit screen|edit screen]].
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<p>Navigate to the [[Glossary#Archival institution|archival institution]] record you want to delete.
  
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<p>For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see [[access content]].
  
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3. Click the [[Delete button|delete button]] in the [[Button block|button block]].
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<p>Click the [[Glossary#Delete button|Delete button]] in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]].
  
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4. ICA-AtoM prompts you to confirm the delete request; click "OK".
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<p>ICA-AtoM prompts you to confirm the delete request; click "Confirm".
  
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5. ICA-AtoM deletes the record and returns you to the [[List screen|list screen]].
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<p>ICA-AtoM deletes the record and opens the [[Glossary#Archival institution|archival institution]] browse results page.
  
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6. Note the following consequences of deleting an [[Archival institution|archival institution]] record:
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*The related [[Authority record|authority record]] is '''not''' deleted (because it may be used as an [[Access point|access point]] in other contexts); you must separately navigate to the [[Authority record|authority record]] if you want to delete that as well.
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<p>Deleting the [[Glossary#Archival institution|archival institution]] record removes the [[Glossary#Archival institution|archival institution]] from the repository [[Glossary#Field|field]] in linked [[Glossary#Archival description|archival descriptions]] but does not remove the [[Glossary#Archival description|archival descriptions]] themselves.
  
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*If [[Archival description|archival descriptions]] are registered to the institution as the repository (see [[UM-3.1.5|UM-3.1.5 Add/edit archival descriptions > Context area, section 6, Repository]]), you will be prompted whether or not to delete these descriptions as well; if you opt to retain the [[Archival description|archival descriptions]], ICA-AtoM will clear the ''repository'' field in these records.
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Main Page > User manual > Add/edit content > Add/edit archival institutions > Delete an existing archival institution


Delete an existing archival institution by clicking the Delete button in the button block

  1. Navigate to the archival institution record you want to delete.

    For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see access content.

  2. Click the Delete button in the button block.

  3. ICA-AtoM prompts you to confirm the delete request; click "Confirm".

  4. ICA-AtoM deletes the record and opens the archival institution browse results page.

  5. Deleting the archival institution record removes the archival institution from the repository field in linked archival descriptions but does not remove the archival descriptions themselves.

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