To delete a page from the site hierarchy, you need to find the page in the Site Explorer and drag-and-drop it into the  trash can icon at the top of the Page Tools.  The type of web browser you are using will determine how you do this operation.

For Firefox users, due to a software incompatibility, drag and drop operations have to be handled differently:

1. in the Explore tab, click on each icon of the page(s) or item(s) you want to delete in order to select them - they will change to a darker color when selected. 
2. then move your mouse over to the "DELETE" button under Page Tools.
3. press and hold down the "Ctrl" key
4. click on the "DELETE" button.  This will trigger a popup window that will ask you to confirm the delete operation you have just triggered.  (Ensure popups are enabled in your browser for this site).
5. release the "Ctrl" key if you haven't already.

For Microsoft IE users, if you have ever drag-and-dropped a folder on your desktop to the trashcan then you already know how this works. This process is explained in detail below.  The following screenshots illustrate the selection and drag of an item into the delete trashcan icon (a 1meg draganddrop_delete.avi silent video shows this in action).

1. Use the Site Explorer to navigate to the page you want to delete.

2. Click on the page icon and hold down the mouse button.

3. Start dragging this icon over to the Trashcan icon at the top of the Page Tools. As you do this you'll notice that the page icon becomes highlighted and the mouse pointer turns into a circle with a line through it. This indicates that the item being drag-and-dropped cannot be dropped in the location where your mouse pointer is. If you release the mouse button while the mouse pointer is in this state your drag-and-drop operation will be cancelled.

4. When you get the mouse pointer item over the trashcan you will notice that the mouse pointer now changes to the regular pointer with a little arrow icon attached. This indicates that you can drag-and-drop the item onto this control.

5. Release the mouse-button. A confirmation window will appear asking you if you are sure that you want to delete this page.

Note: you may have "popup-blocking" software running which prevents the confirmation window from appearing.  Please enable your browser to permanently accept popups for all web pages under your website domain.  When you do this for the first time, you may have to reload the backend website in your browser in order to redo the drag and drop operation that was previously blocked.

6. Confirm that you want to delete the page by clicking "Delete" in the confirmation window OR cancel the operation by clicking "Cancel".

You can also delete multiple pages with a single drag-and-drop operation. To do this, replace step 2 in the instructions above with the following;

2. Click on each page icon for the pages that you want to delete. As you do this each icon will become highlighted. On the last icon that you select, click and hold down the mouse button.

Note that you will not be allowed to delete a page or item if it has children.  If all the children are visible in Site Explorer, you can select the item and its children and delete them in one move.

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