Tridion 2011 Core Service: How can I delete previous versions of a component?

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I would like to use the Core Service to delete previous versions of a component, only keeping the most recent version. How can I do that?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '12 at 09:09

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The documentation says about the Delete method: "Permanently deletes the item or a specific version of the item from the system"

So you can delete versions by passing in the uri of the version (e.g. tcm:2-123-64-v4).

answered Oct 15 '12 at 09:09

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score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 15 '12 at 07:17

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Tridion ships by default with a tool called "Purge Tool" that you can use for this purpose.

You can find more info on the online documentation

There is a visual interface, but also if you have business requirements to do this programmatically, or as a scheduled task, it also provides a command line interface.

answered Oct 15 '12 at 07:17

Puntero

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Thanks, I didn't know of the Purge Tool. Unfortunately it's not quite what I need. I am creating a tool which deletes the history of components classified with a specific keyword. Is it possible to accomplish this with the Purge Tool or by using the Core Service? – Andreas Nellmon Oct 15 '12 at 07:40

Tridion 2011 Core Service: How can I delete previous versions of a component?

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