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  1. Feb 23, 2011, 9:09 PM
     If you have the required permissions on the Account record 

     

    User Permissions

    Needed To view accounts: “Read” on accounts To delete accounts: “Delete” on accounts

    To delete an account, click Del next to

    the account on the accounts list page, or click Delete on the account detail page.

    When you delete an account it's moved to the Recycle Bin along

    with any of these related items:

    • Contacts
    • Opportunities
    • Contracts (if they're not activated)
    • Activities
    • Notes
    • Attachments
    • Portal roles and groups (if all portal users in the account are disabled)
    • Partner relationships
    • Relationship group members

    If you undelete an account, any related items are also restored

    except for:

    You can't delete an account if it has been enabled as a partner

    account, has associated cases, activated contracts, related opportunities

    that are owned by other users, or associated contacts are enabled

    for the Self-Service portal. In addition, if you attempt to delete an account that

    has closed/won opportunities owned by you, a message displays asking

    you whether you want to delete the closed/won opportunities along

    with the account or to cancel the account deletion.

    Note

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    " /_You can delete an account if you are an administrator, the account

    owner, or a user above the account owner in the organization role

    hierarchy, and if you have the appropriate user permission. You do

    not need the “Delete” permission on any associated records that are

    included in the deletion.

  2. Dec 14, 2012, 4:37 AM
    You can't delete an account if it has been enabled as a partner account, has associated cases, activated contracts, related opportunities that are owned by other users, or associated contacts are enabled for the Self-Service portal. In addition, if you attempt to delete an account that has closed/won opportunities owned by you, a message displays asking you whether you want to delete the closed/won opportunities along with the account or to cancel the account deletion.
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