{"id":145052,"date":"2018-11-13T09:25:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T17:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&#038;p=145052"},"modified":"2019-10-01T10:41:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T17:41:44","slug":"prevent-accidental-deletion-of-items-from-arcgis-online","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/prevent-accidental-deletion-of-items-from-arcgis-online","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Accidental Deletion of Items from ArcGIS Online"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10392],"tags":[4381,163382,386552,168462],"arcwatch_issues":[169432],"class_list":["post-145052","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-online","tag-apps","tag-arcgis-online","tag-deletion","tag-web-maps","arcwatch_issues-march-2015","arcwatch_sections-the-tip"],"acf":{"short_description":"How do you prevent accidentally deleting items such as layers, web maps, apps and datasets from ArcGIS Online?","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":null,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"You continually add items such as layers, web maps, apps, and datasets to ArcGIS Online for others in your organization to use. You've created and added layers, used those layers to craft great maps, and used those maps to make great apps. How do you prevent accidentally deleting your hard work or removing layers and maps that your apps depend on?\r\n\r\nTo protect your items from accidental deletion, enable Delete Protection. Here's how to do this, step by step.\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Go to your item details and click Edit."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":96712,"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<strong>Step 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Scroll toward the bottom of the item details and, in the Properties section, check the box to enable Delete Protection."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":96722,"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<strong>Step 3.<\/strong>\u00a0Click Save. Now your item is protected from accidental deletion, and Delete is disabled."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":96732,"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"If you really want to delete your item, just reverse the process\u2014Edit the details, uncheck Delete Protection, and save your changes. This will enable Delete again. 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