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Deleting Entries from a Clip Library
 
 
 

Use the Delete button to delete EditDesks, Source Areas, Record Areas, or clip entries from either a local or remote clip library.

Alternatively, you can use drag and drop operations to delete an entry.

If there are copies of a clip in the clip library, or if the clip is used in other projects that have the media stored on the same volume, the media for the clip is stored only once on the framestore, and each copy of the clip references that media. In these cases, when you delete a copy of the clip, the media is not deleted from the framestore. The media is only deleted when no other clip is referencing it.

When you delete a soft-imported clip from Autodesk storage, the media that is associated with the soft-imported clip in the shared storage area is not deleted. Conversely, if you delete media in the shared storage area, it is permanently deleted. This means that if you have a soft-imported clip in Autodesk storage that refers to media that is deleted in the shared storage area, your soft-imported clip will no longer contain media and will display as a checkerboard pattern. See Importing and Soft-Importing Image Files.

To delete selected entries:

  1. From the Clip Library box, select the clip library from which you want to delete entries.
  2. In the clip library, select the entries you want to delete.
    TipIf you want to select multiple entries not in a row, hold Ctrl while you select them. To select a range of entries, hold Shift. See Selecting Entries.
    WarningThe following step permanently deletes the selected entries from the clip library. There is no undo function.
  3. Click Delete, then click Confirm.

    The selected entries are deleted from the clip library.

To delete an entry using drag and drop operations:

  1. From a clip library, drag an entry to the bottom of the screen. When the green recycling cursor appears, drop the entry by releasing the pen or mouse button.
    TipYou can also delete multiple entries at once with a drag and drop operation.
  2. Click Confirm.