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This topic explains how to delete document libraries. The examples below show you how to delete all of the available document libraries or how to delete only a specific document library by its ID.

Deleting a single document library

When deleting a specific document library by its ID, you must perform the following:

  1. Get the document library.

    First, get an instance of the document library that corresponds to the specified ID.

  2. Delete the document library.

    Mark the document library to be deleted and save the changes.

The following code deletes a document library by its ID.

Native API
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Libraries.Model;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Libraries;
namespace Telerik.Sitefinity.Documentation.CodeSnippets.DevGuide.SitefinityEssentials.Modules.MediaModules.DocumentsAndFiles.ManagingLibraries
{
public partial class LibrariesSnippets
{
private void DeleteDocumentLibraryNativeAPI(Guid documentLibraryId)
{
LibrariesManager manager = LibrariesManager.GetManager();
DocumentLibrary library = manager.GetDocumentLibraries().Where(b => b.Id == documentLibraryId).SingleOrDefault();
if (library != null)
{
//Mark the library to be deleted.
manager.DeleteDocumentLibrary(library);
//Save the changes.
manager.SaveChanges();
}
}
}
}
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First, you get an instance of the LibrariesManager class. Then, you get the document library with the specified ID. To mark the document library to be deleted, you call the DeleteDocumentLibrary method of the manager with the instance of the document library as an argument. Finally, you save the changes.

Fluent API
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Telerik.Sitefinity.Documentation.CodeSnippets.DevGuide.SitefinityEssentials.Modules.MediaModules.DocumentsAndFiles.ManagingLibraries
{
public partial class LibrariesSnippets
{
private void DeleteDocumentLibraryFluentAPI(Guid documentLibraryId)
{
App.WorkWith().DocumentLibrary(documentLibraryId).Delete().SaveChanges();
}
}
}
view raw DeleteLibraryFluentAPI.cs hosted with ❤ by GitHub

First, you get the singular facade of the document library with the specified ID. To mark the document library to be deleted, you call theDelete method of the facade. Finally, you call SaveChanges.

Deleting all document libraries

When deleting all document libraries, you must perform the following:

  1. Get all document libraries.

    Get instances of the available document libraries.

  2. Delete each document library in the collection.

    Iterate through the collection and delete each library.

The following code deletes all document libraries.

Native API
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Libraries.Model;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Libraries;
namespace Telerik.Sitefinity.Documentation.CodeSnippets.DevGuide.SitefinityEssentials.Modules.MediaModules.DocumentsAndFiles.ManagingLibraries
{
public partial class DeleteAllLibrariesNativeAPI
{
private void DeleteAllDocumentLibrariesNativeAPI()
{
LibrariesManager manager = LibrariesManager.GetManager();
var documentLibraries = manager.GetDocumentLibraries().ToList();
foreach (DocumentLibrary library in documentLibraries)
{
manager.DeleteDocumentLibrary(library);
}
manager.SaveChanges();
}
}
}
view raw DeleteAllLibrariesNativeAPI.cs hosted with ❤ by GitHub

First, you get an instance of the LibrariesManager class. Then, you get all of the available document libraries. You iterate through the collection and mark each document library to be deleted. Finally, you save the changes.

Fluent API
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Telerik.Sitefinity.Documentation.CodeSnippets.DevGuide.SitefinityEssentials.Modules.MediaModules.DocumentsAndFiles.ManagingLibraries
{
public partial class DeleteAllLibrariesFluentAPI
{
private void DeleteAllDocumentLibrariesFluentAPI()
{
App.WorkWith().DocumentLibraries().Delete().SaveChanges();
}
}
}
view raw DeleteAllLibrariesFluentAPI.cs hosted with ❤ by GitHub

First, you get the plural document libraries facade. To mark each item to be deleted, you call the Delete method of the facade. Finally, you save the changes.

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