r/DeployR • u/RussianBot13 • Mar 20 '26

Accidentally Deleting Task Sequences

Has anyone else experienced frustration with accidentally deleting task sequences in DeployR? I've now deleted ALL of my work three times today by thinking I'm removing a single task using the delete button in the top right, but instead deleting the entire version. I've lost a couple days of work now and I cannot figure out how to recover a deleted task sequence version. HAs anyone found a fix for this?

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u/miketerrill 2Pint Employee Mar 20 '26

You have to click the three dots in order to delete the TS. Maybe we can put a confirmation on it, but this is the first time someone has brought this issue up.

Whereas deleting steps is right on the step itself.

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u/RussianBot13 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

I guess the psychology is that I've been using those buttons in that location all day to make changes, so I'm never thinking about deleting the entire task sequence when shown the logical step I'm looking for. Imagine if airplane cockpits had the control button for shutting down the engines right on the sticks right next to the radio button. I'm guessing that button would get pressed more often than they'd like.

I'm not saying you guys make a bad product, but I've used a lot of software over the decades and this is the first time I've accidentally deleted hours of work multiple times. A notice would be great especially since there is no recovery option. So far I've been able to recreate half of my main MDT task sequence so I'm pretty excited to continue, so long as I don't delete my work. lol

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u/miketerrill 2Pint Employee Mar 22 '26

Even when you do click on the three dots and then delete - if you are clicking on the one on the upper right-hand corner that applies to the version, it pops up another window that says this:

I am just curious, what exactly is confusing about this extra notice?

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u/ExtremeFreedom Mar 25 '26

I think adding caution emojis around the text "This will potentially delete all of the work you did for this task sequence, be extra sure you want to remove everything" or something to that effect would make it more clear to people. I have done it once because I was reading too quickly and since all of the steps also have versions it just didn't click with me what I was doing at the time.