Deleting a dictionary entry I created

[Mike LHCG1]

I created a couple of dictionary entries for a table in our Dev environment and would like to delete them because the naming convention is incorrect, and I want to recreate them with the correct naming convention. I notice the user defined dictionary entries have a red x next to them. Can I simply click that red x next to the entries I want to delete and then select "Update"? I'm assuming the answer is yes, but I would like confirmation since I've not done it before.  Thank you.

[Nikhil Bajaj9]

Hi @Mike LHCG1 ,

The answer is Yes- click on Red cross icon and update. the custom fields will be removed/deleted.

[svirkar420 · Accepted solution]

Hi there @Mike LHCG1 , If you just want to update the names of the dictionaries then I would suggest you to update the name and then save instead of creating a new one  here is an official documentation -Modify dictionary.

however, if you want to update the values in that case you will need to delete and make new ones.

and yes by clicking on that red cross in front of entries you can delete them and create new one.

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Regards.
Saurabh V.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Mike LHCG1 

yes that's 1 way

Another way is to go to sys_dictionary and search your fields for your table and delete those.

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[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Mike LHCG1 

Just a note you can't change the column name once it's created

So the only way is to delete and create a new one with correct column name

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