"To be Deleted" Availability

What it does:

• Schedules the deletions of products at a configurable interval
• Allows for unlimited product deletions
• Shows “not available” on the product detail page until the product is deleted
• Separates the products pending deletion into a separate section of the admin for easy viewing

What it is not:

A tool that can automatically handle URL redirects or make adjustments for potential SEO loss.

How to manually update products to "To be Deleted" availability?

1. Hover on Catalog and select Products.
2. Select “To be Deleted” under the Availability column on the product page.
3. Hover on Catalog and click “Products To be Deleted”.
4. See that the product/s set to “To be Deleted” are now in the “Products To be Deleted” queue.

How to bulk update products to "To be Deleted" availability?

1. In an excel sheet, create a list of StockIDs you want to delete or do an export from the site.
2. Add a column called “Availability”.
3. Save the file as CSV UTF-8.
4. Hover on Data and select CSV Profiles.
5. Click the Add Profile button
6. Add the following:
   1. Title: Product Availability Update (or any title you prefer)
   2. Type: CSV
   3. Update Only: Yes
   4. Model: Product
   5. Strip HTML: No
7. Click Add Profile.
8. Click on the blue folder icon at the left side of the profile.
9. Click ADD FIELD.
   1. Target Field: Stock ID
   2. Source Type: Column
   3. Source Value: StockID (or the column name which matches your unique identifier in the csv file).
   4. Unique: Yes
      
10. Add another field for the Availability.
    1. Target Field: Availability
    2. Source Type: Column
    3. Source Value: Availability
11. Click RUN IMPORT

How many days until the products get deleted?

This is configured in the system and configuration.

1. Hover on System - Configuration - Catalog - Delete “To be Deleted” Products
2. Set the number of days you want the “To be Deleted” products to be permanently deleted. It is set to 30 days by default.