Answers.Body: <p>Perhaps you have is_test participants?</p>
  
  <p>Events -> Find Participants
  Participant is a test? Hit the Yes radio button
  Search</p>
  
  <p>If you have any - then select the participants you found - and then in the actions: delete participants.</p>
  
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Body: <p>We have an event that will not delete. When trying to delete, the system gives:</p>
  
  <p>"This event cannot be deleted because there are participant records linked to it. If you want to delete this event, you must first find the participants linked to this event and delete them. You can use use CiviEvent >> Find Participants page ."</p>
  
  <p>There are no participants registered for this event. This happens every so often.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Perhaps you have is_test particpants?
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Comments.Text: You can make use of advanced search, i think it will help ?
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Comments.Text: @KarinG that would make a good answer, combined with a brief explanation of how to find them.
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Title: Why can't I delete an event?
ThreadText: # Why can't I delete an event?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-05)
  
  We have an event that will not delete. When trying to delete, the system gives:
  
  "This event cannot be deleted because there are participant records linked to it. If you want to delete this event, you must first find the participants linked to this event and delete them. You can use use CiviEvent >> Find Participants page ."
  
  There are no participants registered for this event. This happens every so often.
  
  **Tags:** civievent
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Perhaps you have is_test particpants?  
  > **username_2**: You can make use of advanced search, i think it will help ?  
  > **username_3**: @KarinG that would make a good answer, combined with a brief explanation of how to find them.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-06. Score: 3
  
  Perhaps you have is\_test participants?
  
  Events -> Find Participants
  Participant is a test? Hit the Yes radio button
  Search
  
  If you have any - then select the participants you found - and then in the actions: delete participants.
  
  
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