Delete Version

Title Delete Version

Summary

Geoprocessing tool to delete a specific version from a geodatabase

Usage

Only the version's owner can delete the version.
A parent version cannot be deleted until all dependent child versions are deleted.
Versions are not affected by changes occurring in other versions of the geodatabase.
Versioning tools only work with enterprise, workgroup, and desktop geodatabase data. Personal and file geodatabases do not support versioning.

Syntax

Parameter	Explanation
version_name	Specify the name of the version to be deleted.

Code Samples

DeleteVersion example (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how use the DeleteVersion tool to delete a version.

# Name: DeleteVersion_Example.py
# Description: Deletes a version

# Import system modules
import arcpy

# Set local variables
inWorkspace = "c:/Connections/[email protected]"
versionName = "myVersion2"

# Execute DeleteVersion
arcpy.DeleteVersion_management(inWorkspace, versionName)

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