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UEditorAssetLibrary::DeleteLoadedAsset

Delete an asset from the Content Browser that is already loaded.

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References

Module	EditorScriptingUtilities
Header	/Engine/Plugins/Editor/EditorScriptingUtilities/Source/EditorScriptingUtilities/Public/EditorAssetLibrary.h
Include	#include "EditorAssetLibrary.h"
Source	/Engine/Plugins/Editor/EditorScriptingUtilities/Source/EditorScriptingUtilities/Private/EditorAssetLibrary.cpp

Syntax

[UFUNCTION](Programming/UnrealArchitecture/Reference/Functions)(BlueprintCallable, Category="Editor Scripting | Asset")
static bool DeleteLoadedAsset
(
UObject * AssetToDelete
)

Remarks

Delete an asset from the Content Browser that is already loaded. This is a Force Delete. It doesn't check if the asset has references in other Levels or by Actors. It will close all the asset editors and may clear the Transaction buffer (Undo History). Will try to mark the file as deleted. Delete operations

Returns

True if the operation succeeds.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
AssetToDelete	Asset that we want to delete.

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