Deleting and purging actor records: Overview

There are multiple ways to delete actor records. This topic provides a high-level overview of each method.

Delete action	What it does
Delete	An actor and the group the actor is part of (actormember group) are marked as deleted. The actor record still exists in the database but cannot perform any actions.
DeleteActor	The actor is marked as disabled and all identities assigned to the actor are marked as deleted. The actor record still exists in the database but cannot perform any actions.
CompleteActorDelete	Actor, identities, ActorContext, ActorInterfacePreference, ActorAppInterfacePreference and actormember group are marked as deleted and ParentAgent is unset. The actor record still exists in the database but cannot perform any actions.
PurgeActor	Actor, identities, ActorGroupMember, ActorActorProxyRel, ActorContext, ActorInterfacePreference, ActorAppInterfacePreference are completely remove and ParentAgent is unset. The actor and all associated records are removed from the database.