Deleting old versions of files in the library manually
If your library grows too much, you can delete all, or some, old
versions of a file using the command
delete-library-versions. Single old versions can also be
deleted directly from the
Library user interface.
About this task
Note: With version history enabled, there is a risk that data that should
have been removed remains in the library, in an older version of the item. For
example, if a piece of sensitive data by mistake gets embedded into an analysis
and later is removed, the old versions of the analysis that contain the
sensitive data should also be deleted.
See
Deleting library item versions using the command line
and the reference topic for
delete-library-versions for details about
the CLI command.
Tip: You can set up automatic pruning of unnamed versions
of library items. For more information, see
Configuring automatic pruning of library versions.
Manual deletion is useful when you need to remove specific versions, or when
you want to clean up versions that were created before pruning was enabled.
Tip: The Spotfire action log can be used to track what has
happened with item versions in the library. For more information, see
library actions logged from Spotfire Server.
To delete a single version manually, follow the steps below.
Procedure
- Log in to the Spotfire Server web administration pages and click Library.
- Browse or search for the file for which to delete versions.
- Right-click the row of the item and select View version history, or open the details panel and click Version history.
- In the Version history list to the right, right-click on the version you want to delete, and select Delete.