Deleting Actors

The actors feature is designed to reflect the latest state of your Active Directory data as sent through regular updates from the Actor Model Import connector. Changes made to actor data in your environment should be made first at the Active Directory; updates from the Actor Model Import connector then reflect these updates in ESM.

If you delete a user in Active Directory, the actor remains in the actor model, and its status is updated to Deleted in IDM. This gives you the opportunity to control the permanent deletion of actor data from ESM, or keep the information based on your requirements.

• If you created small actor groups manually for testing purposes, right-click the actor group or specific actor and select Delete.

• If you are deleting a large number of actors imported from Active Directory, this process can take an extended period of time. It can lock the Console and the deletion may not even be completed. Follow the instructions in the topic, "Best Practices for Deleting a Large Number of Actors" in the Active Directory Model Import Connector Configuration Guide.