Deleting and Restoring Content

We’ve all accidentally deleted content before, this article covers what to do in case you or an Editor within your instance encounters any of the following scenarios: 

Assets

Delete a single Asset

1. Navigate to the Assets Section in your Agility Instance 

2. Find the asset, Hover it and click Delete

Delete Multiple Assets

1. Navigate to the Assets Section in your Agility Instance 

2. Select the Assets you’d like to Delete 

3. Click the Selection Drop-drown above the assets window 

4. Click Remove

Restore an Asset

1. Navigate to the Assets Section in your Agility Instance 

2. Click Recycle Bin in your left-hand navigation menu to open a pop-up modal containing your recently deleted assets

3. Select the Assets you’d like to Restore and click Restore Selected 

Permanently Delete an Asset

1. Navigate to the Assets Section in your Agility Instance 

2. Click Recycle Bin in your left-hand navigation menu to open a pop-up modal containing your recently deleted assets

3. Select the Assets you’d like to Permanently Delete and click Delete Selected 

Pages

Delete a Page

1. Navigate to the Pages Section in Agility 

2. Select the Page you’d like to Delete 

3. Click the Menu Indicator to the right of the Layout Title and click Delete Page

4. Type the Name of the Page in the confirmation window to Confirm you’d like to Delete the page and click Delete  

5. Click Are You Sure? To double-confirm you’d like the layout Deleted. 

Note

Pages themselves that get deleted are not able to be recovered from the Agility Manager. If a page has been deleted from your site and you wish to recover it, please contact support@agilitycms.com.

I've deleted a Page, but I can still see it in my Sitemap with a red “!” symbol

If you had deleted a Page, but are still seeing it in your Sitemap with a red symbol, it is because that Content is also initialized in another locale. The Page will need to be deleted in all of the locales it has been initialized in to be removed from the Sitemap.

Content

Delete Content

1. Navigate to the Content Section in Agility 

2. Select the Content List where the content is stored 

3. Select the Content Item(s) you’d like to delete 

4. Click the Selection Drop-down at the top of page and click Delete 

5. Confirm you’d like to Delete the content by clicking Delete again in the confirmation window 

Restore Content

1. Navigate to the Content Section in Agility 

2. Select the Content List where the content is stored 

3. Click the Filters button  

4. Click Show Deleted Content 

5. Select the Content Item(s) you’d like to restore 

6. Click the Selection Drop-down at the top of the page and click Restore 

7. Confirm you’d like to Restore the content by clicking Restore again in the confirmation window