How to Delete a Section

There are two different ways to remove a section from the page.  The section can be completely deleted from the system or just removed from the page so that it remains available in the database for assignment to another geode.  Neither of these methods deletes the content within the section, kind of like how you can throw away a picture frame but still keep the pictures inside.

To remove the section from the page but leave it available in the database:
1.  Click on the section geode for the section to be deleted.
2.  Choose "Delete Section - "remove from page".

3.  In the popup, click on "Yes, remove the section" to approve the change.

Note that the page status in the top toolbar now shows a pencil.  The section will be immediately removed from the geode in edit mode, but will still appear on the live site until the page is published. This makes it possible to remove a section and replace it with a new section in the same publishing step.

4.  Publish the page.  Your removed section is still available in the database to be assigned to pages in the future.


To completely delete the section from the system 
1.  Click on the section geode for the section to be deleted.
2.  Choose "Delete - Delete from system"

3.  In the popup, select "Yes, delete the section"

Deletion steps in GeoDocs must be published or approved in workflow, so the section geode will now show a red circle icon indicating that it is marked for deletion.  (This picture shows the yellow label that appears when the geode is moused over without clicking)

4.  Publish the page to complete deletion of the section.  The section is deleted from the page and from the database and will no longer appear as an option when assigning an existing section to a geode.