Deleting a File From the Team Project

To delete an existing file from the team project, you must first check out the project. Once you have deleted the file from the team project, it will not be available for editing by any member of the team.

If the file you are planning to delete was never checked in to the repository, it was never part of the team project and can be deleted from your working copy without checking out the project file.

  1. Click the Team Authoring button on the Project panel. The Team Authoring panel is displayed.

  2. Click the Check Out button. The Check Out dialog opens.

    • For File and Web Repositories After the file is checked out, click the Close button.
    • For TFS Repositories Do not set the lock type to Check Out, as this will cause TFS to set two different Pending Change states for the file to be deleted.

      To set the default lock type, use the Doc-To-Help Options dialog (File > Doc-To-Help > Common Tasks > Options > Team).

  3. In the Documents window pane, select the file you would like to delete.
    • For File and Web Repositories : Check out the file to be deleted, then delete the file.
  4. Right-click on the document, select Team Authoring > Check In Pending Changes.
  5. Click the Remove Document button.
  6. In the Team Authoring window, select the project (D2H) file.
  7. On the Team Authoring panel, right-click on the Project file and select Check In Pending Changes.
  8. Confirm the check in and click the Check In or OK button.

Note For other tasks, see Working in a Team Project.