====== Troubleshooter: Deleting Volumes ======

The purpose of this troubleshooter is to diagnose why volumes in TapeTrack cannot be deleted.

To diagnose why you cannot delete volumes, select the error presented:

===== Security Does Not Allow This Operation =====

The error ''Security does not allow this operation'' indicates your [[object:user|User-ID]] does not have sufficient access rights to delete volumes from TapeTrack.


To delete [[object:volume|Volumes]] from TapeTrack you will need to either:
  * Have you Administrator [[master:user#Access|raise your access]] to include ''Alter'' rights.
  * Have a user with ''Alter'' rights remove the [[object:volume|Volumes]] for you.


===== Actual Repository Does Not Allow Volume Deletes =====

The error ''Actual Repository does not allow volume delete'' indicates that the ''[[options:repository:allow_deletes|Repository Option Allow deletes]]'' is set to false.  This option is set to false by default to limit the ability of accidental deletion of [[object:volume|Volumes]].


<note tip>It is best practice to keep ''[[options:repository:allow_deletes|Repository Option Allow deletes]]'' set to ''False'' unless in the actual process of deleting [[object:volume|Volumes]].  This keeps a safeguard on accidental deletion during normal operation.</note>

To enable [[object:volume|Volumes]] deletion:
  * Right click required [[object:repository|Repository]] and select ''Properties'' or double-click repository.
  * Select ''Options'' tab.
  * Set ''[[options:repository:allow_deletes|Allow Deletes]]'' to ''True'' for the required [[object:repository|Repository]].
  * Click ''Save'' to confirm alterations.