CONFIGURING


Deleting policies

You can delete policy and policy settings documents from either the Domino® Administrator or the Web Administrator client.

About this task

Use this procedure to delete policy and policy settings documents.

Procedure

1. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab, and then open the Policies -> Hierarchy view.

2. Select the policy or settings document you want to delete.

3. Click Tools -> Policies -> Delete.

Results

Results vary depending on the type of policy document you delete.

Table 1. Policy and policy settings document deletion results
DeletionResult
Explicit policyAn Administration Process request searches the Person documents of all users in the domain and deletes all references to the deleted policy.
Organizational policyDeletes the policy document from the Domino Directory. All settings documents named in the deleted policy remain intact.
Settings documentDeletes the settings document from the Domino Directory. Deletes references to the policy settings document from all policy documents.

Related concepts
Managing policies
Managing policies with the Web Administrator

Related reference
Delete policy record in Domino Directory