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How to delete and hide managed metadata terms in the term?
If the previous option is a bit scary, then you might want to Deprecate Term instead. Hides the term and its children terms entirely from the users’ view when trying to tag.
What does managed metadata mean in Microsoft 365?
Managed Metadata column. A Managed Metadata column is a special kind of column that you can add to lists or libraries. It enables site users to select terms from a specific term set. A Managed Metadata column can map to an existing term set, or you can create a local term set specifically for the column.
Select the target term set or term. Select Move. If you delete this term, any terms below it will also be deleted. Terms that are shared with other term sets will be placed in the Orphaned terms term set under System. Select Delete term. Select Delete. Pinning a term makes linked copies of the term and its children available at the destination.
Do you need to manage metadata in term store?
If you use Term Store to manage metadata (and I hope you do), it is inevitable that at some point, you will end up with large hierarchies of tags within your Term Store. Just like you will be adding new terms to the Term Store on an ongoing basis, you might also need to remove a few as well.
What happens when you delete a term from the term store?
When you delete a term from the Term Store it is permanently gone from the Term Store; however, if you had any documents or items tagged against it, they will not lose that Term (metadata) until the next time a user tries to tag a record (at which point the user will need to choose a new Term)
How to manage a term set in SharePoint?
Instead, they provide a useful way to track the business owners or stakeholders for a term set. In the SharePoint admin center, under Content services, click Term store. In the tree view pane on the left, select the taxonomy. In the Term store page, for Admins, select Edit.
What can a term store admin do for You?
A term store admin can do these tasks: Create or delete term set groups. Add or remove group managers or contributors, or other term store admins Change the working languages for the term store.