# Variant Management

## How to Delete the Structure (Identical Item) Assignments

| ### What to do:
| In order to work through this example, you must have completed the example Define Identical Item.
| Select Start > Bill of Materials > Item Variants.
| Select the variant wildcard ART-1200-V Ornamental Ring (variant).
| Select the tab Identical Items with the left mouse button.
| Select the identical item ART-1201 Protective Cover with the assignment to be deleted.
| Select Delete from the context menu.
| The item assignment is deleted.
| Note, that only the assignment to the item has been deleted and not the item itself. The item can only be deleted directly in Item management. If you have already derived orders with the structure (identical item) before deleting the assignment, the structure or the derived order remains unchanged; i.e. the former structure (identical item) is still contained in the structure of the derived order.