Delete a Page Template

Content administrators might occasionally need to delete a page template for one of the following reasons:

During the implementation period for a new portal, you might create a template and then decide that the template is not needed or that it needs to be modified.
After the portal is fully implemented, you might decide that a page template is obsolete or that it needs to be modified.

Note: Once you have created a page template, you cannot modify it. However, you can delete it and then create it again. The new template that you create does not affect any pages that were created based on the previous template.

You can delete a page template only if you are a group content administrator for the group with which the template was shared. When you delete a page template, you can specify whether you also want to delete all of the pages that were created from the template. The deletion includes pages in the portals of other users in the group with which the template was shared.

To delete a page template, follow these steps:

Click Search in the banner.
On the Search page, make the following entries:

Keywords

Enter a wildcard (*), or enter word(s) that are in the template's name, description, or keywords.

Content Types

Select Page template.
Click Search.
When the template name appears on the search results page, click the action menu in the first column, and select Delete.
On the Confirm Deletion(s) page, do the following:

The following item(s) were selected for deletion

Confirm that the correct template name is displayed. (If the correct template name is not displayed, click Cancel).

Delete pages created from the selected page template(s)

Check this box if you also want to delete all of the pages that were created using this template. The deletion includes pages in the portals of other users in the group with which the template was shared. The message below the prompt tells how many pages are to be deleted.
Click OK.