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Site Cannot Be Deleted - "The site can't be deleted because its publishing channel has published items." (Doc ID 2889862.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Content Management - Version N/A and later
Content and Experience Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Content and Experience Cloud Classic - Version 18.4.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Cannot delete a site, and seeing following error in the UI:

However, there are no published content items in the publishing channel.

Cause

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