is it possible to delete a "PICTURE_ELEMENT" from a map document?

Question

Have a map in 10.6 trying to delete a jpeg that's in the map.

Thanks#

Dan_Joyce_OE · Answer

Just encountered this same issue in ArcMap 10.7.  An alternative to deleting the Picture Element would be to use the elementPositionX, elementPositionY attributes mentioned by @RandyBurton and set them to values that move the element off the layout page, e.g.  set elementPositionX = -10.0, elementPositionY = -10.0.  I'm sure the OP already implemented something similar rather than manually editing 400+ MXDs!

petegillard · Answer

thanks,  i had tried the '.delete' without much luck. your other suggestion may work. We're re-doing some mxds made by a contractor and need to remove their logo from the maps (can always do it manually, but there are over 400 mxds !)

Thanks again,

Pete

RandyBurton · Answer

I've had some time to do some tests. While there is a delete() option for Text Elements, there is no such option for Picture Elements. However, you can make the image disappear if you set either the width or height to 0. Once it has been set to zero, it does not appear that you can bring the image back by adjusting the height/width. The name, elementPositionX, elementPositionY and imageSource parameters still contain their original values. So this does not appear to be a clean deletion. (If you are working inside ArcMap, you may need to refresh the view to see the changes.) for elm in arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd, "PICTURE_ELEMENT"): elm.elementHeight = 0.0 # setting this to 0 will also set elementWidth to 0‍‍‍‍