Delete an item and its descendants

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You can use the Sitecore.Data.Items.Item.Delete method to delete an item and its descendants. For example, to delete the /Sitecore/Content/Home/Sample item in the Master database:

Sitecore.Data.Database master = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");

Sitecore.Data.Items.Item sample = master.GetItem("/sitecore/content/home/sample");

sample.Delete();

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The Sitecore.Data.Items.Item.Delete() method deletes the item and all of its descendants.

Note

You cannot delete items that are stored in resource files. If you have copied an item from a resource file to the database, Sitecore deletes it from the database and restores it from the resource file.

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