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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual]] > [[Add/edit content]] > [[Add/edit authority records]] > Delete an existing authority record
  
[[Image:UM-3.2.3.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]]
  
1. Navigate to the [[authority record]] you want to delete.
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*For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see [[UM-4|UM-4 Access content]].
 
  
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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]].
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<p>Navigate to the [[Glossary#Authority record|authority record]] you want to delete
  
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<p>For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see [[access content]]
  
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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<p>Click the [[Glossary#Delete button|Delete button]] in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]]
  
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5. ICA-AtoM deletes the record and returns you to the [[list screen]].
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<p>ICA-AtoM prompts you to confirm the delete request; click "OK"
  
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6. Note the following consequences of deleting an [[authority record]]:
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<p>ICA-AtoM deletes the record and opens the [[Glossary#Authority record|authority record]] browse results page
*If the [[entity]] is also registered as an [[archival institution]], the [[archival institution]] record is '''also''' deleted.
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*Any creation [[Event|events]] linked to the [[entity]] are '''disassociated''' from the [[entity]].
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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: