You can remove any author that appears in the list. Deleting an author will prevent the author from logging into the Library; however, this does not prevent the author from starting the Developer.
If you change or delete another author's name, you (administrator) will receive a warning message about the following consequences that will take place if the operation continues:
The checkout of any document by the author is overridden and any changes that were made by the author are lost.
Any new document created by the author that was not checked in will be lost (the author can not check their new documents in with the new or deleted author name).
If the author is logged in to the Developer at the time the name was changed or deleted, the author will be automatically logged out and left disconnected in the Developer. The author will also need to create a new Login Profile with their new credentials if their name was deleted.
If the deleted author had edited documents that display his/her author name in Document History, that name will remain in the history.
Note: You cannot delete the only administrator. Also, an administrator cannot delete their own author name while they are using Author Management.
To delete an author:
Log in as an administrator.
Make sure you are working online.
On the Administration menu, choose Manage Authors.
Select the author that you want to delete and click Delete selected author.
Respond to the message concerning checked out documents to confirm the author deletion.
To delete an author:
Delete selected author.