topic Re: Deleting Feature Classes from File Geodatabases in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/deleting-feature-classes-from-file-geodatabases/m-p/575258#M32582 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Can you make other changes to that FGDB which an attribute update or create new features?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Yes, I am able to create new feature classes, edit the data and import and export into the GDB.&nbsp; It just won't let me delete anything.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:32:37 GMT RyanFonzi 2012-10-15T16:32:37Z Deleting Feature Classes from File Geodatabases https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/deleting-feature-classes-from-file-geodatabases/m-p/575256#M32580 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I cannot delete unwanted feature classes from my file geodatabase using ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced 10.1.&nbsp; No one else is accessing the data and I get error messages saying I cannot delete.&nbsp; Does it have something to do with the lock files?&nbsp; Please help.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:43:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/deleting-feature-classes-from-file-geodatabases/m-p/575256#M32580 RyanFonzi 2012-10-10T14:43:51Z Re: Deleting Feature Classes from File Geodatabases https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/deleting-feature-classes-from-file-geodatabases/m-p/575257#M32581 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Can you make other changes to that FGDB which an attribute update or create new features?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:12:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/deleting-feature-classes-from-file-geodatabases/m-p/575257#M32581 KevinDunlop 2012-10-11T12:12:44Z Re: Deleting Feature Classes from File Geodatabases https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/deleting-feature-classes-from-file-geodatabases/m-p/575258#M32582 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Can you make other changes to that FGDB which an attribute update or create new features?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Yes, I am able to create new feature classes, edit the data and import and export into the GDB.&nbsp; It just won't let me delete anything.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:32:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/deleting-feature-classes-from-file-geodatabases/m-p/575258#M32582 RyanFonzi 2012-10-15T16:32:37Z Re: Deleting Feature Classes from File Geodatabases https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/deleting-feature-classes-from-file-geodatabases/m-p/575259#M32583 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm having the same problem. I misspelled a column name when importing a new feature class and because the column heading was wrong the relevant data did not get imported to the table. I can't rename the column heading or delete the feature class to start again.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any ideas?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks a million,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Aoife</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:42:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/deleting-feature-classes-from-file-geodatabases/m-p/575259#M32583 AoifeHealy 2013-03-20T08:42:49Z