It's can be so tedious to do a full clean up in Marketo when assets and fields are "used by." Marketo should introduce a more intelligent, guided deletion workflow for assets (like emails, forms, smart lists) and custom fields, even when they’re currently in use. The goal is to streamline the process and reduce the manual effort and risk associated with cleanup.
Why This Matters:
- Fields and assets are often entangled across multiple campaigns, forms, and smart lists, making deletion tedious and risky.
- The current "Used By" view is limited and doesn’t always show full dependency chains, especially with nested assets or tokens.
- Custom fields are hard to deprecate fully. Even after clearing them from forms or flows, they remain blocked due to invisible references.
Proposed Features:
- A “Smart Delete” tool that:
- Maps all dependencies (even nested ones) across the entire workspace.
- Offers options to replace or deactivate references in bulk.
- Includes a “safe delete preview” to assess the impact before confirming.
- Supports versioning or rollback in case something breaks.
- For fields: warns if the field is used in forms, filters, flows, or reports, and helps remove those references intelligently.
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