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title: "Delete item classes with children"
description: "Go to the Item classes (IN201000) window. Open the item class. Click Delete in the window toolbar. When you delete a parent item class, the system asks whether you want to keep the child item classes of this parent. The system proceeds as follows based on your response in the message field: IF THEN you click Yes the system deletes the parent item class and keeps all its the children in the hierarchy. Result: The children item classes becomes the children of the item class at…"
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lastmod: 2026-02-19
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# Delete item classes with children

Last modified February 19, 2026

> Go to the Item classes (IN201000) window. Open the item class. Click Delete in the window toolbar. When you delete a parent item class, the system asks whether you want to keep the child item classes of this parent. The system proceeds as follows based on your response in the message field: IF THEN you click Yes the system deletes the parent item class and keeps all its the children in the hierarchy. Result: The children item classes becomes the children of the item class at…


1. Go to the [Item classes (IN201000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/inventory/inventory-windows/item-classes-in201000/index.md) window.
1. Open the item class.
1. Click **Delete** in the window toolbar.

When you delete a parent item class, the system asks whether you want to keep the child item classes of this parent.

The system proceeds as follows based on your response in the message field:

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<p><strong>Result</strong>: The children item classes becomes the children of the item class at the level immediately above the deleted item class.</p>
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> [!NOTE]
> ** You can delete only those item classes to which no items have been assigned yet.


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