Deleting files from content packs

Development Programming & Scripting
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I added the Animation Starter Pack to my project and am trying to delete some files that came with the pack. In the AnimStarterPack folder I am trying to delete files:

  • UE4ASP_HeroTPP_AnimBlueprint [Animation Blueprint]

  • Ue4ASP_Character [Character Blueprint]

I have tried different ways of doing this (including restarting the editor, setting the character blueprint to not use an animation blueprint, deleting things from the animation blueprint, etc) but always end up with memory references. After making my changes, the Reference Viewer shows nothing feeding into either the character or animation blueprint but both still show memory references and only give the option to Force Delete.

What are the steps needed to properly remove all asset and memory references so that I can remove these files from the editor without a Force Delete?

I think that manually deleting the files outside of the editor would be an option but I want to learn how to do this through the editor. I would like to learn how to do this from editor so I know how to properly remove files from future content/packs that I add to my project.

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Is there a sample map in the pack? That might be refernwcing it. The easiest way if you cant fins it is make a senconf project and ad the pack to it. Then select the animations you want to use, right click > asset actions > migrate and choose the content folder of the project youre working on

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I didn’t think of the map but that doesn’t seem to be it. Thanks for migration idea I might have to do that. I am still curious what caused the memory references in this simple example in case I see it later on in a bigger project when I am moving/renaming/deleting assets.

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I am finding that even when using migrate instead of “Add To Project” I am running into similar problems with a tangled weave of references with Force Delete being my only option. For example, many packs come with sample blueprints that I wouldn’t want in my final project. If anyone could walk through deleting those 2 files from the simple animation starter pack example I posted it would be helpful.