Missing delete button for organization items

[koehntopp (Frank Köhntopp)]

How do I delete an entry in this great new UI? Can’t find it in the 3 dots menu nor in edit mode.

[Nail1684]

@koehntopp

How do I delete an entry in this great new UI? Can’t find it in the 3 dots menu nor in edit mode.

In edit view mode for an item, there should be a trash symbol on the bottom right corner.

[koehntopp (Frank Köhntopp)]

Well, there isn’t.

[Nail1684]

@koehntopp

Well, there isn’t.

Well, you’re right. Sorry, I was too quick.
It is not there in edit mode (why not???), but in view mode.

[koehntopp (Frank Köhntopp)]

Nope, also not there in view mode:

[Nail1684]

@koehntopp

Nope, also not there in view mode:

I have it there:

[YZ778]

I have it as well, but strangely it’s missing in Edit mode.

[MFKDGAF (Kevin)]

@koehntopp

Well, there isn’t.

Is this item in a personal vault or in a organization?

[koehntopp (Frank Köhntopp)]

It’s in an organization (i.e. the family group).

Still, there used to be a way to delete those from the browser extension, don’t want to have to go to the vault…

[MFKDGAF (Kevin)]

@koehntopp

It’s in an organization (i.e. the family group).

I’ve never dealt with a family organization before only company organization but I’m going to assume they are essentially the same.

I’m not at my computer at the moment but I did check on the iOS mobile app (version 2024.12.0) and the delete button is missing also.

In the iOS app I went to an item in my personal vault that is in a folder, I clicked on the item and then clicked on the 3 dots in the upper right corner. The menu opened with following options:

• Attachments
• Clone
• Move to Organization
• Delete

If I reproduce the same steps but with an item in my organization I am presented with the following options:

• Attachments
• Collections

Maybe the item has to be assigned to someone’s personal vault, then removed from the collection and then it can be deleted?

[koehntopp (Frank Köhntopp)]

That would essentially mean I need a PC with a web browser to delete organization items.
Surely that’s not the intended behaviour.

[grb]

@koehntopp @Nail1684 @YZ778 @MFKDGAF

This issue pre-dates the 2024.12.0 UI design revision, so I’ve moved your comments out of the UI redesign feedback thread.

To delete organization items from a Bitwarden client app (browser extension, mobile app, Desktop app, etc.), you must have Can Manage permissions explicitly set for the collection that holds the item that you wish to delete.

This has been explained in the links below:

Permissions problem: can edit no longer allows object deletion

Hello! Thanks for tagging me, @grb. Yes, the Can Manage permission has the ability to delete items. The “remove existing items” in the Can Edit permission refers to the ability to unassign items from collections. That’s good feedback on providing more clarity – we’ll work on getting that documentation updated!

Why am I suddenly unable to delete org entries through the browser extension?

Hello! This is Priya from the product team. The “Owners and admins can manage all collections and items” setting controls behavior in the Admin Console. When enabled, the setting allows owners and admins to manage all items within the Admin Console only, not from other clients, as described here. To view / edit / manage items from the individual vault and across other clients, you will need a direct collection permission assigned. However, these collection management settings would not have rem…

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[koehntopp (Frank Köhntopp)]

Thank you - well explained, I’ll look into the links.

[zylstra]

Even if I concede “well explained” – which I don’t – the UX is still terrible.

[grb]

@zylstra

Even if I concede “well explained” – which I don’t

Which part of my explanation was confusing to you?

[zylstra]

Your explanation was fine; it’s the explanations of explanations of explanations that’s difficult. I don’t expect you to write the user manual in the community forum.
Even when I get to the manual it’s still difficult because of the construction of the UI/naming conventions/etc., but of course that’s not your problem either.