Delete element(s)

There are two options to delete an element from the library:

only from the database (keeps the file on disk)
from the database and the file on disk

How to delete element(s)

with the GUI

go to Gallery view
select element(s) you want to delete
go to edit mode
click Delete Element button

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with the API

use the CLI version
delete an element by its UUID
Windows:
das-element-cli.exe delete-element 0186e9be35a330e468312ca02ef6ebe4 --database --disk
Linux/MacOS:
das-element-cli delete-element 0186e9be35a330e468312ca02ef6ebe4 --database --disk

There are two flags (they can be used together):

--database set this flag to delete data from the database
--disk set this flag to delete all element files from disk