Delete all news items

When deleting all news items, you must perform the following:

Get the available items.
Get the master versions of the available items.
Delete each item in the collection.
Iterate through the collection and delete each item.

The following code examples delete all news items:

Delete all news items with the Native API

using System.Linq;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.GenericContent.Model;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.News;
using Telerik.Sitefinity.News.Model;

namespace SitefinityWebApp
{
    public class DeleteAllNewsItems_DeleteAllNewsItemsNativeAPI
    {
        private void DeleteAllNewsItemsNativeAPI()
        {
            NewsManager manager = NewsManager.GetManager();

            var items = manager.GetNewsItems().Where(item => item.Status == ContentLifecycleStatus.Master).ToList();

            foreach (NewsItem item in items)
            {
                manager.Delete(item);
            }

            manager.SaveChanges();
        }
    }
}

First, you get an instance of the manager. Then, you get the master versions of the available items. You iterate through the collection and mark each item to be deleted. Finally, you save the changes.

Delete all news items with the Fluent API

using Telerik.Sitefinity;

namespace SitefinityWebApp
{
    public class DeleteAllNewsItems_DeleteAllNewsItemsFluentAPI
    {
        private void DeleteAllNewsItemsFluentAPI()
        {
            App.WorkWith().NewsItems().Delete().SaveChanges();
        }
    }
}

First, you get the plural facade for the news item. To mark each item for deletion, you call the Delete method. Finally, you save the changes.

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