soft-delete

English

Alternative forms

• soft delete, softdelete

Verb

soft-delete (third-person singular simple present soft-deletes, present participle soft-deleting, simple past and past participle soft-deleted)

1. To remove access to (a resource), without deleting the resource itself.

   That service was criticized for soft-deleting users' files without their knowledge, meaning they were still internally able to access everything.

Related terms

• soft deletion (noun)