The Obliterate page is used for obliterating deleted files from the repository.
This permanently erases the contents and history of the file or folder but keeps some meta-information so history entries can show that obliterates happened from their parent folder. Obliterating an item causes the parent folder version to be incremented.
Any item that has been branched cannot be obliterated until its branches are obliterated. A branch maintains links in the database to the trunk for versions prior to the branch point. Therefore, obliterating a trunk would obliterate early versions of the branch, so Vault Standard prevents this from happening. Note that snapshots are considered branches in this context, and all branches ever created from a trunk must be obliterated before obliterating the trunk.
Obliterating files and folders is not recommended because they cannot be recovered. This will create gaps in the history. This feature should only be used if you are absolutely sure you will never need these files again.
The Folder Tree of the selected repository is displayed. When a folder is selected in the tree, the Deleted Items table is updated to reflect the items that have been deleted in the selected folder.
All files and folders that have been deleted from the repository, but not obliterated, are listed. Select any number of files and folders to be obliterated.
The Selects All button selects all the items in the list.
The Select None button clears all the items in the list.
When Obliterate is clicked, the selected items will be obliterated after a series of warnings.