Delete an archival description

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Delete an archival description

 * 1) Navigate to the description 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 returns you to the parent record of the deleted description or to the browse page if the deleted record was a top-level description.

Consequences of deleting an archival description:
 * If the record has lower-level descriptions registered to it, all the lower-level records are also deleted - i.e. if you delete a series, any sub-series, files, or items that belong to the series will also be deleted
 * Any date events associated with the description are deleted
 * The authority record of the associated creator is not deleted
 * The archival institution record of the associated repository is not deleted