Even if it does, it would likely delete all assets including your account and you need to be in California or the EU to use the right, Roblix blocks all other requests.
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I very much support this, I have a ton of assets in my inventory I would want to delete. Some of the assets are just broken duplicates that clutter my inventory, others are clothing items I donāt want to have on ROBLOX anymore. This update would do more good than anything, with no real potential for exploitation because nothing could possibly go wrong when voluntarily removing content with no limitations, since no one will see the results of the action except for the one who consented to carrying it out.
Why does this thread keep getting bumped? The āarchiveā feature is what everyone here is looking for.
Unless youāre talking about clothing items, to which I definitely agree that we need a proper way to archive those, but thereās already separate feature requests for that.
On a related note, we should probably have the ability to archive models and animations as well.
No, its not. Archived content can be restored, deleted content cannot. Additionally, nowhere is it explicitly stated that archived content is exempt from being moderated against. Knowing Roblox Moderation, this can be a problem.
Lets say hypothetically you, when you were younger and more naĆÆve, uploaded content you later realized could potentially be breaking Robloxās Community Standards or Terms of Service. Now lets say you decide to archive it, yes you may have uploaded guideline-breaking content at the time, but at least you realized such and went out of your way to ensure that no one, including yourself, could use such content for themselves.
But since thereās no guarantee that such content isnāt exempt from leading to moderative action onto your account, itās just as good as keeping it publicly available. Though if you were able to delete the content off the platform entirely, it would not only have the insurance that no one could continue to use such content, but also theoretically mean you wouldnāt be at risk of getting moderative action slapped onto your account.
I see no reason why Roblox wouldnāt allow developers and users to delete content. Itād be like if YouTube decided you couldnāt delete your videos, but just āarchiveā or āprivateā them at most.
Roblox has stated in the past that archiving is the proper way to remove assets from the platform. Nobody, not even you, can access the asset, unless you restore it.
I donāt see the need for permanent asset deletion; that just sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.
How? If youāre talking about bad actors mass-deleting content from a developers inventory, the clear answer is that developer should take more steps to secure their account and ensure that it doesnāt fall into bad actors. Itās not Robloxās fault if you fail to implement basic safety features on your account and follow common-sense measures to prevent your accounts or devices from being compromised. Also Roblox could add guardrails like 2FA and/or password input when deleting a certain amount of content, or a grace period for which the content can be restored before its removed entirely.
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Okay, sure, and this feature would probably have to be locked behind 2FA if it were to ever exist, similar to group ownership transfer.
But I still donāt understand why this feature is necessary when archiving already exists. Is archiving not good enough? Archiving was Robloxās solution to let people ādeleteā unwanted assets, with the option of restoring the asset if you change your mind later.
Maybe they could add a way to permanently delete archived items, kinda like emptying your recycle bin.
But is this really that important? Archiving solves all known problems I can think of that come as a result from not being able to remove your assets.
- Accidentally uploaded the wrong asset? Archive it!
- Want to re-upload an asset and hide the old one? Archive it!
- Have a bunch of clutter in your inventory that you want to clean up? Archive it!
- Someoneās misusing your asset? Donāt want it publicly available anymore? Archive it!
- Uploaded something embarrassing, copyright-infringing, or TOS-violating when you were younger? Worried about moderation? Archive it!
Archiving shouldāve solved this feature request. (After all, it was posted before the archive feature was added.)
And again, Iām aware that we still canāt archive clothing, but like I said, thatās a different feature request.
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Some people just want to have the item/asset completely removed from their inventory, it ultimately boils down to personal preference, to which there is no necessarily ārightā or āwrongā answer. Adding the ability to delete assets totally may not be the most pressing issue currently, but I donāt see any negative in adding it for people who want to do so. No one loses.
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So, I tried to archive very old models and decals that I donāt want. Funny, I couldnāt. I canāt even delete other peopleās assets from my inventory, model-wise.
Mind you, those are some of the top things that clutter our inventories.
Although archiving is plausible (although Iād prefer not having the option to restore any assets that I genuinely do not need), it still doesnāt even work with the stuff I just previously mentioned. Plus, this is from my knowledge, it may not be factual, if you archive an asset, you can still see it in your inventory. Iām not a hundred percent on this statement, donāt take it for granted, but thatās how I remember it.
But you can delete other peopleās models from your inventory. (Unless Roblox is the creator)
And you absolutely can archive your own created decals, not sure what youāre talking about there. However, you currently cannot archive models, but at least you can overwrite them.
Archiving assets does hide the asset from your inventory, at least on the website. But it doesnāt hide it from the Toolbox in Studio, which could be a bug. Whenever I archive an asset I always make sure to delete it from my inventory as well to prevent it from showing up in the Toolbox.
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Just tried again, I didnāt have the āDelete From Inventoryā at first, or maybe I just didnāt notice. My bad! 
It didnāt let me.
Thereās no archive button. Though, IIRC I remember there was before it got updated to the new creator dashboard.
There is an archive button.
I had this same issue in a different situation. I was trying to look for game analytics, so I went on my game page on roblox, clicked the three dots, and āGame Analyticsā, it just took me to the game configure page and I couldnāt find the analytics anywhere in the configure page. Turns out you have to go to the page with the list of all your games and hit the three dots there for āDeveloper Statsā.
These buttons should really be included in the configuration page aswell.
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Oh! Thank you for letting me know! Man the new creator dashboard is confusing at the moment, but that saved me from this utter mess of decals that I have.
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Here is a use-case for deleting assets ā¦
Last night I uploaded a decal to use for a super-hero 3-point landing button ( a female anime superhero character that wasnāt inappropriate at all, in the 3-point landing pose) , and the system immediately flagged it as ādatingā. I appealed and the appeal was accepted, within literally a minute, so there is no current problem ( though it took a few minutes for my account to become un-moderated and the game to become playable ).
That experience spooked me somewhat because I have just spent the last 16 weeks learning LUAU and building (what I think is) a high-value experience. I have since Archived the decal and decided I wonāt use it all.
Itās not clear to me whether a reviewed and āclearedā image wonāt trigger another automatic censor, at some point, some how.
If thereās documentation anywhere that says āArchived assets are exempt from moderationā I would like to see it. Otherwise it is my preference to permanently delete it, and like other users, declutter my asset inventory generally. Iād really rather not have something dumb like that jeopardize my time and dollar investment. I want to mitigate RISK.
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i have just made 147 āmistakesāā¦
although, that can be attributed mostly to how images are sent.
now i have to resubmit 147 images again.
iāve made this mistake 3 times.
I hope this doesnāt get flagged for necrobumping but Iām in much need for this since Iām attempting to delete bad animations which have been filling up my inventory. I hope we can get a staff or someone in here to tell us why we donāt already have this
But even if this gets flagged, it will cause a team member (even if itās just the forum team) to read this post and consider sending it to someone else (at least I hope)