During the processing of content within EASi, curators may choose to delete particular email messages and/or attachments. When deletions occur in EASi, the content will be removed but the deletion activity will be recorded in EASi and then eventually preserved within DRS as part of packet processing history.

Email content deleted in EASi is permanently deleted and cannot be restored.

Deleting content from Full Display

You can delete a message and/or attachment from the item’s Full Display.

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• [Optional] Add a note that will be stored with the deletion history.
• Click the Delete button to delete the item(s).
• Once the item is deleted, your display changes to the Collections > Process History screen. An entry for the deletion is visible in the events table.

Deleting content from Brief Display

You can bulk delete a set of email messages and/or attachments from the Brief Display. Consult "Selecting Records for Bulk Operations" under "Working with Search Results" if you need a reminder on selection best practices.

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• [Optional] Add a note that will be stored with the deletion history.
• Click the Delete button to delete the item(s). Click OK to close the Delete successful window.

Deletion event history

When you delete an email message or attachment, the item is deleted from the system and entries for it are removed from the EAS search index. Deleting an item also triggers these other events:

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