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Delete Content Library Items or Item Contents
If you use a subscribed library, and you synchronize it, you can later delete the library from storage but
keep the metadata. You can also delete a library item such as a template completely.
If a subscribed library is created with the option to download library content only when needed, only
metadata for the library items is stored in the associated with the library storage. When you want to use a
library item, for example use a VM template to deploy a virtual machine, you have to synchronize the
item. Synchronization downloads the entire content to the associated storage. After you are done using
the template, you can delete the item contents to free space on the storage. The template remains visible
in the subscribed library because the metadata for it remains on the storage that is associated with the
library. This also applies for vApp templates, and other file that exist in the subscribed library.
Prerequisites
Required privileges depend on the task you want to perform.
Task Required Privileges
Delete the contents of a library item Content library.Evict library item
Delete a library item Content library.Delete library item
Procedure
1 Navigate to the Content Libraries list.
Client Steps
vSphere Client Select Menu > Content Libraries.
vSphere Web Client a Select Home > Content Libraries.
b Click the Objects tab.
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