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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual]] > [[Add/edit content]] > [[Add/edit authority records]] > Delete an existing authority record
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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-3 | UM-3 Add / edit content]] > [[UM-3.2|UM-3.2 Add / edit authority records]] > UM-3.2.3 Delete an existing authority record
 
  
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[[Image:um3-2-3Delete.png|500px|right|thumb|Delete an existing authority record]]
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[[Image:viewIsaar.png|500px|right|thumb|Delete an existing authority record 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|Access content]].
 
  
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<p>Navigate to the [[Glossary#Authority record|authority record]] you want to delete
  
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2. Switch from [[View mode|view mode]] to [[Edit mode|edit mode]] by clicking the [[Record title bar]] or [[Edit button]]; this takes you to the record's [[Edit screen]].
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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]] in the [[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 "OK"
  
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5. ICA-AtoM deletes the record and returns you to the [[List screen]].
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<p>ICA-AtoM deletes the record and opens the [[Glossary#Authority record|authority record]] browse results page
  
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6. Note the following consequences of deleting an [[Authority record|authority record]]:
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*If the entity is also registered as an [[Archival institution|archival institution]], the [[Archival institution|archival institution]] record is '''also''' deleted.
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*Any [[Event|creation events]] linked to the entity are '''disassociated''' from the entity -- the event remains, but it no longer has the entity as its "subject". E.g. ''entity X'' is registered as the ''creator'' of ''archival unit Y'' over the date range ''1964-1987''; ''entity X'' is deleted; ''archival unit Y'' now simply has a date range ''1964-1987'' without associating this with any particular creator.
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Consequences of deleting an [[Glossary#Authority record|authority record]]:
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* If the [[Glossary#Authority record|authority record]] is also registered as an [[Glossary#Archival institution|archival institution]], the [[Glossary#Archival institution|archival institution]] record is also deleted
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* Any creation [[Glossary#Event|events]] linked to the [[Glossary#Authority record|authority record]] are disassociated from the related [[Glossary#Archival description|archival description]], but the [[Glossary#Archival description|archival description]] itself is not deleted
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Main Page > User manual > Add/edit content > Add/edit authority records > Delete an existing authority record


Delete an existing authority record by clicking the Delete button in the button block

  1. Navigate to the authority 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 "OK"

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

Consequences of deleting an authority record:

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