Deleting a publication

Use the LiveContent Central Publish tool to delete a publication.

Before you begin

  • One or more publications must have been generated using the LiveContent Central Publish tool.
  • The user must have sufficient read-write permissions to create and modify configuration, data, and status log files in their respective directories.

Procedure

  1. Launch the LiveContent Central Publish tool.
    1. In Windows File Explorer, navigate to folder containing the LiveContentPublishUI.exe executable (by default[LCC_home]\publish-service\PublishUI).
    2. Launch the executable using Run as Administrator.
    The Publish tool launches as a windows application.
  2. From the LiveContent Central Publish home screen, click Publications.
    The Publication List displays a list of the available publications.
  3. From the list, select one or more publications to delete and click Delete.
    LiveContent Central displays a dialog prompting you to confirm that you want to proceed. The dialog includes a Show details link you can select to display a list of the selected items.
  4. Select Delete to delete the selected item(s).
    LiveContent Central displays a dialog confirming the results of the delete.
  5. Select Close to dismiss the dialog.

Results

The LiveContent Central Publish tool does the following.
  • Updates the PublicationsData.xml file in the [LCC_home]publish-service/PublishUI/publishData directory.