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Delete a Filter from Your Enablement Site
You can remove a filter in Trailmaker Settings. The filter is also deleted from the corresponding category picklist in Trailmaker Content. If you provided translations for the filter in other languages, those translations are also deleted.
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| Available in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions |
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The steps that you take to delete a filter from your enablement site depend on whether the filter is associated with content.
- If the filter is not associated with content, delete the filter in Trailmaker Settings.
- If the filter is associated with content, but not published, delete the unpublished release, then delete the filter in Trailmaker Settings.
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If the filter is associated with content and the content is published:
- Remove the filter from the content in Trailmaker Content.
- Preview the release, and confirm that the filter is no longer visible.
- Publish the revised content, with the filter removed, using Trailmaker Release.
- Delete the filter in Trailmaker Settings.
You can’t delete the last filter in a category. Each category must have at least one filter.
After you delete a filter:
- Trailmaker Content users can’t assign the filter to modules or trails.
- Learners can’t sort published content or search results using the filter.
- Trail Tracker users can’t run reports based on the filter.
A filter that’s visible in Trailmaker but isn’t associated with a published module or trail isn’t visible to your enablement site users. A filter that’s associated only with content in an unpublished release also isn’t visible to your enablement site users. A filter is visible to your users only when it’s associated with at least one published module or trail.
- Delete a Filter from Trailmaker Settings
When a filter is listed on the Filters page in Trailmaker Settings but isn’t associated with content, you can delete it from Trailmaker Settings. When you remove the filter, you also delete all its translations, and the filter is deleted from the corresponding category list in Trailmaker Content. A filter that’s listed in Trailmaker but isn’t associated with published content isn’t visible to your enablement site users. - Delete a Filter That’s Associated with Content in an Unpublished Release
If you have an unpublished release with content that still uses a filter that you want to delete, Trailmaker prevents you from deleting the filter from Trailmaker Settings. After you delete all unpublished releases from all content collections, you can then delete the filter. Coordinating this action can require collaborating with admins, writers, release managers, and others. - Delete a Filter That’s Associated with Published Content
When a filter is associated with published content, you must delete the filter from the published content before you can delete it from Trailmaker. In this case, deleting the filter requires changes in Trailmaker Content, Trailmaker Release, and Trailmaker Settings. Coordinating this change can require collaboration among admins, writers, release managers, and others.
