{"id":50016,"date":"2026-10-30T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/kb-2026-additional\/how-to-delete-a-geolocation-location"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:16:34","slug":"how-to-delete-a-geolocation-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/how-to-delete-a-geolocation-location\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete a Geolocation Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Geolocation location can include allowed zones and restrictions identifying which workers may use it. Deleting the location removes the configured location entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this option for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use deletion only if the location is no longer valid. If a site is temporarily unavailable, setting the location Inactive may be a better choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The location exists in Geolocation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check whether any active worksite or attendance setup still uses it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the controls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<dt><strong>Active<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Allows the location to be enabled or disabled in its edit screen.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Delete<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Removes the location after a browser confirmation.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Location Name<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Shown in the deletion confirmation to reduce mistakes.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-step instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Geolocation and identify the correct location row.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review Name, Address, Zones, Employees and Status.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you only need to temporarily stop usage, edit the location and set Active off instead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For permanent removal, select Delete on the correct location row.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read the confirmation mentioning the location name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm only if the location is genuinely obsolete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verify the row disappears from the list after a successful response.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The frontend calls the Geolocation deletion endpoint, reloads the list and displays success or failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Geolocation location can include allowed zones and restrictions identifying which workers may use it. Deleting the location removes the configured location entry.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geolocation-zones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50016"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50106,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50016\/revisions\/50106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}