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Delete Elements From Your Model
You can delete elements from your model, working either from the Browser window or from a diagram.
- When you delete an element from your model, the element, its properties and any child elements or diagrams it contains are all deleted
- The deleted element is removed from all diagrams on which it appears
- All relationships that it was involved in are also deleted from the model
Delete one or more items from your model using the Browser window
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In the Browser window, click on an item to select it. To select additional items, or to remove items from the selection, use or . The selected items are highlighted in the Browser window. |
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Either:
A confirmation dialog displays. |
3 |
Click on the . The selected items are deleted from your model. |
Delete one or more items from your model using a diagram
Step |
Action |
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To open the diagram containing the items to be deleted from your model, either:
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2 |
Either:
The selected elements are highlighted in the diagram. |
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Press . A confirmation dialog displays. |
4 |
Click on the . The selected elements are removed from the model. |
Notes
- Deleting a Package completely removes the Package and all its contents - diagrams, child Packages and elements - from the model
- Deleting an element completely removes the element and its properties, connectors, child elements and child diagrams from the model, and from every diagram that contains it
- Deleting a diagram completely removes the diagram from the model, but not the diagram's component elements; they remain in the parent Package