Delete content
Channel: Brightspace TUDelft
Date: 2017-04-28

For further information please visit: https://brightspace-support.tudelft.nl/deleting-content/

Let's look at deleting content. Content you really don't need at all can be permanently deleted very easily. Next to the contents name is this upside-down triangle and at the bottom is the option to delete it. 

When deleting topic items you are presented with the option to remove them only, or to permanently delete them. The second option will permanently remove the content from your course. The first option only removes the topic from visual display, but the topic on your course's website to be reused in the future. 

It's good to know that you can always check what content exists on your course website. Click on 'Course Admin' and then on 'manage files' and you can see a complete listing over here. If there is this chain icon next to the name it indicates that that piece of content is still being used and linked in your course. Items without a link can safely be deleted. 

What happens when you do delete something that has the chain item next to it? Back in your course it appears with this symbol, indicating that that item actually doesn't exists. The name remains in place, but the content associated with it has been deleted. So, in general use the first option to remove items you wish to reuse again in the future and use the second option to remove items permanently.