Adobe Experience Manager: How to delete a remaining node on Publish/Preview

Last update: 2023-10-27

Learn how to delete a remaining node on Publish/Preview by deleting nodes under the target path in AEM as a Cloud Service.

Description

Environment

AEM as a Cloud Service

Issue/Symptoms

When content from the Author is unpublished, it is removed from Publish/Preview in AEM as a Cloud Service. In case the content remains on Publish/Preview, the corresponding node does not exist on the Author, and one cannot perform unpublish on the Author.

Resolution

  1. On Author, navigate to Tools > Deployment > Distribution > Publish/Preview > Distribute.
  2. Input the following value.
    • Action: Delete
    • Path Browser: Target Path
  3. Click on Submit.

This procedure deletes all nodes under the target path. Make sure to review both Publish/Preview and the path and test on the development environment before proceeding to the production environment.

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