About Deleting Connection URLs

You can delete connections using the Delete Connection URLs dialog box.

You can delete the following connection URL types:

Understand these guidelines when deleting connection URLs:

To delete connections URLs as described in Deleting Connection URLS, Oracle Smart View for Office 11.1.2.5.620+ is required.
To begin the process, the Smart View Panel must be in private connection mode, no matter the URL type that you’re deleting.
You cannot delete private connections that were created using the Private Connection Wizard.
You must first click Delete, and then OK to accept the delete. Clicking Delete only does not fully delete the connection or extension update URLs.
To cancel a delete operation, you can press the Escape key or clicking the X button in the top right corner of the dialog.
Clicking the OK button without first clicking the Delete button is the same as cancelling the action; nothing will be deleted.
When deleting shared connections URLs, the URL that is currently displayed in the Shared Connection URL field of the Options dialog, Advanced tab, will not be deleted.
If a data source provider gives Smart View the URL from where extension updates can be obtained, this URL gets added to the local user’s Smart View properties files. This occurs only when the user creates a private connection.

The user may want to delete URLs that are no longer used or that belong to a server that has been decommissioned to avoid Smart View querying those locations for updates.

If a URL that is deleted needs to be used again, that URL will be added back to the local user’s properties file the next time a private connection is made to that provider.