Manually deleting files from the System Repository

After files have been transferred from the System Repository to your computer or a device or group of devices, they are not automatically deleted (at least not immediately; see the Best Practice below). Instead, you should periodically manually delete from the System Repository any files that are no longer needed.


Best Practice for
deleting files from the System Repository

If you go back to delete files from the System Repository several days after you placed them there (and you had not flagged them as permanent files when you uploaded them, don't be surprised if they have "disappeared." Any files you leave in the System Repository (with the exception of permanent files) will eventually move out to the system's historical data. We recommend that you not leave files to linger in the System Repository for long periods. If you truly no longer need them, there is no reason to have them become historical data and eventually be exported to offline storage. For more information on historical data, see Data flow.

To delete files from the System Repository

  1. On the Action pane's Service panel under File Management, click Manage system files.
    The System Files dialog opens.

  2. Select the check box of each file you want to delete and click Delete . In response to the confirmation message that opens, click Yes.