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Delete Heuristic Software Definitions and Discovered Inventory

You can delete heuristic software definitions and their corresponding discovered inventory.

To delete heuristic software definitions and discovered inventory

1. Navigate to the following folder for each domain manager in DSM Explorer: Software, Definitions, Categories, All Definitions (or other category node).

   The right pane displays all software definitions.

2. Select the definitions to be deleted and right-click.

   A context menu appears.

3. Click Delete.

   CA ITCM deletes the definitions and corresponding inventory items.

   Note: You can also disable all heuristic scanning if you no longer want to collect heuristic software data. To do so, disable the heuristic scan collect tasks on the enterprise and domain managers. For more information on how to disable heuristic scan collect tasks, see the Disable a Collect Task, Unlink a Collect Task from an Asset, and Delete a Collect Task procedures.