Automatic Delink

The number of working copies on a computer can stack up over time. With Automatic Delink, Zoom marks old working copy files that have not been modified since the desired interval for cleanup by the user.

When Delink is triggered, either automatically or manually, the assets are identified and marked for delinking and a new menu option is added to the Z menu. Using this new menu option, the user can look at the assets marked for delinking and then select and delink some or all of those from the working copies.

Enable/disable Automatic Delink marking

1. Right-click on the Z icon in your Windows taskbar/Mac menu bar.
2. Select Settings from the Z menu.
3. Click Automatic Delink from the left side Configuration pane in the Zoom Settings window.
4. Select the Enable periodic delink checkbox to enable automatic periodic delink. Clear the Enable periodic delink checkbox to disable automatic periodic delink.

   

Configure Delink settings

1. Right-click on the Z icon in your Windows taskbar / Mac menu bar.
2. Select Settings from the Z menu.
3. Click Automatic Delink in the left side Configuration pane in the Zoom Settings window.
4. If Automatic Delink is enabled then you can modify the following settings:
   • Automatic delink once in every (days) – Specify the frequency with which Delink marker will be triggered. The default value is 15 days.
   • Remove assets not accessed in (days) – Specify the number of days since when a file from the working copy has not been modified for it to be subsequently marked for delinking.
   • Optionally, click Reset to revert back the delink settings to their default values, or update the above values as needed.
5. Click Save.

Manually running Delink marker

1. Right-click on the Z icon in your Windows taskbar / Mac menu bar.
2. Select Settings from the Z menu.
3. Click Automatic Delink in the left side Configuration pane in the Zoom Settings window.
4. Click Clean now.
5. A message appears informing the user that automatic delink marker will run in the background.

   

Delinking

Before configuring delinking, the Z menu does not have the Delink option.

This option is made available after the delink marker runs as per the Automatic Delink schedule or when the user manually chooses to run the delink marker by clicking Run now on the Automatic Delink page in the Z Settings window. After the delink marker has run and identified any valid file for delinking, a new menu option is available on the Z menu. Follow these steps to delink using this menu option:

1. Right-click on the Z icon in your Windows taskbar / Mac menu bar.
2. Select Delink xxx.xx approx option from the Z menu.

   

3. The Delink window is displayed, showing all marked assets. All these assets are also selected by default.

   

4. Clear or select the checkbox against a file, or folder, to select or remove it from the delink list.

   

5. Click Delink.

   

6. Select the Delink even if conflicted or locked checkbox to instruct Zoom to delink an asset even if it is in a conflicted or locked state.
7. Select the Delete delinked path from working copy checkbox to remove the asset and its path information from your local working copy. If this not selected then the asset will only be delinked from Zoom, but not be deleted.
8. Click Yes to begin delinking. A confirmation message appears to inform that delinking is complete.

   

9. Click Ok.
10. This Delink menu option will appear automatically after the duration of time configured in the delinking settings on the Z settings window. Start from step 1 to begin delinking.
    To make this menu option appear out of turn before the set schedule, follow the steps mentioned above for manually running the Delink marker.
11. You may delink anytime after the Delink menu option is available.