How do I delete many line items at once?

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Mark McLychok

• July 19, 2012 15:28

UPDATE 4/10/13:

Gustav Jonsson 

Hey all, 

Bulk delete is now out for everyone. Please see  the blog post and  the Help Centre article for more info about it. 

Thanks for all your feedback, it's very appreciated by all of us.

/Gustav - Podio

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  Gustav Jonsson

  • July 20, 2012 08:35

  Hey Mark, we're working on a bulk delete functionality, can't give you a timeframe for it but I definitely see your case. 

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  Dan Rees

  • July 31, 2012 15:08

  Hurry-hurry. Do it. Do it.

  I've just imported a load of bad data over clean data - that is already linked to multiple apps - and I need to clear the bad data as it's causing conflicts.

  Lack of 'Undo' and 'Bulk delete' is a must if my company is going to keep using Podio.

  Please help! 

  Best.

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  Gustav Jonsson

  • July 31, 2012 15:27

  Hey Dan, I know this is not what you're asking about, but perhaps you can try the advice that is in the end of this article about Excel import: https://help.podio.com/entries/21684578. 

  It's basically about how to clone the app and try again, but that might not work for your case since you have app references. 

  Thanks for the feedback, 

  /Gustav - Podio

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  Helen Miller

  • August 09, 2012 01:08

  This is a deal breaker for us, without being able to either undo the last import or do a bulk delete we simply cant use the service. Please let me know if you can once this is available. 

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  Erik Henriksson

  • August 15, 2012 06:19

  Hi, also waiting for the buld delete functionality, can not be that hard to implement. without this functionality it´s not really possible to have data control and a clean app. hope this will be implemented soon.  

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  Erik Henriksson

  • August 15, 2012 06:19

  haha, damnyouautocorrect.. build ... bulk :-)

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  Ajay Sanghani

  • August 16, 2012 09:56

  Deleting one entry right now is a 4 click process , is there any shortcut or do I just click, click, click and click for each of the bad entries that have gone because of import.

   

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  Chris Hirst

  • August 31, 2012 15:49

  Try clone App then delete the original along with the unwanted items

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  Chris Blanchard

  • August 31, 2012 16:05

  I agree that there needs to be a bulk delete function.  Put some check marks next to items in the table view and let users mark individual items and have a delete button purge those items with a "Select All" option.  It would also be nice to be able to recover deleted items for 7 days in case a user made a mistake.

  It would also be nice to have an expiration on items (a feature of the app setup) whereby, for example, Podio would automatically purge items older than x days after Date Create or Date Last Modified.  Consider the recruiting app where you have hundreds of candidates submitting applications using a web form and a corporate policy that says items older than 1 year need to be purged.  Item retention seems like a great feature that would automate this while freeing up load on Podio web servers from users having to open individual items and click the delete button.

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  Subash A

  • September 04, 2012 11:53

  We just moved from our existing system to podio...have to delete 1800+ rows :(

   

  Dont know how to do.

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  Richard

  • September 07, 2012 15:03

  Im also a touch confused about the cloning and deleting the app etc,  especially as i need to delete some duplicate contacts and for some reason i have created nearly 300 identical but unlinked workspace contacts.  i am happy to know that i am not simply being an idiot though.

  an update on bulk deletes would be really nice.

   

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  Dominique Remy

  • September 08, 2012 00:31

  This is a major issue still, and all the work arounds have just continued to populate more items, lead to more deleted apps, lost app references and more

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  Peter Montanez

  • September 13, 2012 21:22

  ** Priority **

  Work around does not work since most apps have references to other Apps

   

  Thanks Team Podio

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  Fiona Barnett

  • September 18, 2012 22:15

  This is definitely a key addition to Podio - to keep track of our RSS feed, we have to periodically delete tons of non-relevant entries. Right now it's kind of daunting to delete each line one at a time....

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  Chris Amato

  • September 20, 2012 11:19

  Agreed - the delete process, system wide is cumbersome to say the least.  Our activity stream, tasks everything we work in is littered with old/useless information.   Help.

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  Gustav Jonsson

  • September 21, 2012 07:35

  Thanks a lot for your added input guys, really appreciated. 

  I know what you mean and we're discussing this further. We're all about making work easier for the people who use Podio, so the feedback from you means a lot. 

  /Gustav - Podio

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  Osman Javed

  • September 27, 2012 17:35

  +1. A basic feature which will greatly enhance the user experience. Please put this in ASAP :( 

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  Olympia Scott

  • October 07, 2012 01:21

  I have to agree with a batch delete function being a priority. A must!!!!!!

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  OMNI

  • October 09, 2012 21:51

  This is important. If you do one bad excel import, then your app is all messed up. Please help!

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  James Bryant

  • October 09, 2012 22:16

  +1

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  Hannah

  • October 16, 2012 11:37

  +1

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  David Parry

  • October 21, 2012 19:58

  Hurry up with this one!

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  Howard Brown

  • October 22, 2012 20:22

  Yikes! yes please hurry this one up!  

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  Gustav Jonsson

  • October 26, 2012 08:15

  Hey guys and thanks for the added input. We're prioritizing our development efforts all the time and bulk actions is definitely in there. 

  I will let you know when I have more news! 

  /Gustav - Podio

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  Ryan Joneson

  • October 27, 2012 01:22

  I can't believe this function is not available... When you manage 1,000s of contacts and companies, etc. deleting or editing 1 by 1 is just not going to work.

  +1,000

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  Robert Pye

  • October 28, 2012 11:37

  please, please add this feature.  Such a pain to not be able to do it ;-))

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  Robert Pye

  • October 28, 2012 11:53

  Like pressing the delete key on a highlighted item (as you can press the 'T' key to create a task).  Currently it is three or four clicks and navigations to delete an item.  Aghhhhhh.

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  Jeff Kowalski

  • October 30, 2012 17:46

  Please add ASAP

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  Gustav Jonsson

  • October 31, 2012 09:55

  Hey guys, I know how you feel and we're working on this! 

  Thanks for your patience, 

  /Gustav

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  Jesper Andersen

  • October 31, 2012 16:31

  Hey, trying to figure out if we should use Podio or a dedicated CRM and two things stop us form using Podio:

  1) Delete function (or lack of)

  2) Relation between apps, If I delete  e.g. a contact from one app, relation is not removed in the other

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