Summary
The purpose of this article is to delete files or articles in Mahara. Duplicate files are recommended to be deleted.
How-To
Task: To Delete files/artifacts from
Instructions
Step 1 - Click on Main Menu in the upper right side of the dashboard page indicated by horizontal lines.
Step 2 - Click on the down arrow next to Create title.
Step 3 - Click on the Files sub-title.
Step 4 - Find duplicate files by scrolling down through the list of files
Step 5 - Click the "Trash Can" icon next to the file you want deleted.
NOTE: If you have two files. One called "test.pdf" and one has a number appended to it, for example "test. pdf.1". The file with the number was brought into Mahara after the file without the a number. So in this example "test.pdf.1" is the most recent copy. Do not forget the date format is DD/MM/YYYY.
Outcome
This will delete all selected files.
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