I want to delete my Tree

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This discussion was created from comments split from: Deleting from Family Tree.

Stephen Robert Cohen

I want to delete my Tree because it's completely WRONG.

Other users adding incorrect information or changing information on my tree.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

This is not an individual-trees site; there is no such thing here as "my tree" or "your tree". You can delete any profile that nobody else has edited, which will include your own profile and any profiles of living people that you've entered, since those are private to you, but profiles for deceased people are collaborative and shared. The goal is to have one and only one profile per deceased person.

The open-edit collaborative structure has both advantages and disadvantages. You've discovered one disadvantage: anyone can edit nearly anything. You need to explore the corresponding advantage: anyone can edit nearly anything — including you.

Because of the collaborative structure, the Family Tree on FamilySearch has a full Change Log for each profile. This means that any data that was once here can be restored without needing to re-enter (retype) anything, although sometimes it's easier to just retype things than to find them in the depths of a convoluted change log.

Tennuchi Alan Cyril Edward

As stated above, it is a One World Tree. There are individuals who decide to register a second time in FamilySearch only to find that what was recorded in their "first" tree is the same as the "second" tree,