I might be missing something, but can I upload a sheet of assets that I want to delete? I can import a list with location change and status change to “retired” but I want to also delete the assets. All I can see is an option to do that, then bulk select them from the Asset Explorer and choose Other > Delete.
If I do that, I have over 1K Chromebooks as Status Retired, but I want them to move to Deleted Assets. Is there another way?
Best answer by Erica
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Why do you want to delete assets? This will erase the data with each of those assets.
I guess I figured when we recycled or sold an asset (Chromebook or iPad) and no longer have it we should Delete from our Asset Inventory. If we just marked the status as “Retired” doesn’t it still show up in Asset Explorer and inventory reports?
Maybe I’m missing something.
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that process makes sense to me, “retire” the asset as you go and then clean it up a few times a year.
Filtering Deleted Assets works to find items, like all the deleted iPads, but I don’t see Bulk actions as an option. If I wanted to restore all the iPad Gen 5 devices for some reason, like a mistake, I would need to go one by one.
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We have also had a few instances where bulk restore would be helpful. But for the most part, our restoring usually only involves individual assets. It would be a great idea for the idea exchange though! This is a lower priority on our list of suggestions but could definitely be useful at times :).
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We also delete assets as we process our disposals a few times a year. Keeps everything all cleaned up and current. I just copy the asset tags out of the disposal spreadsheet and paste them into a filter and bulk action delete. Just did this earlier today in fact.
Would be nice to be able to upload a csv and be able to delete (since I already have the list in a spreadhseet to start with), but this works.
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