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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:um3-3-3Delete.png|500px|right|thumb|Delete an existing institution]]
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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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2. Switch from [[View mode|view mode]] to [[Edit mode|edit mode]] by clicking the [[Title bar]] or [[Edit button]]; this takes you to the record's [[Edit screen]].
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3. Click the [[Delete button]] in the [[Button block]].
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4. 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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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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*If [[Archival description|archival descriptions]] are registered to the institution as the [[Repository|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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Delete an existing archival institution

Main Page > (UM) User manual > UM-3 Add / edit content > UM-3.3 Add / edit archival institutions > UM-3.3.3 Delete an existing archival institution

Delete an existing institution

1. Navigate to the authority record you want to delete.

  • For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see in this manual: Access content.


2. Switch from view mode to edit mode by clicking the Title bar or Edit button; this takes you to the record's Edit screen.


3. Click the Delete button in the Button block.


4. ICA-AtoM prompts you to confirm the delete request; click "OK".


5. ICA-AtoM deletes the record and returns you to the List screen.


6. Note the following consequences of deleting an archival institution record:

  • If archival descriptions are registered to the institution as the repository, you will be prompted whether or not to delete these descriptions as well; if you opt to retain the archival descriptions, ICA-AtoM will clear the "Repository" field in these records.