How to delete nodes?

[umajava]

Hi,

We are using Alfresco 3.4.9 and would like to know the best approach to delete nodes (Database or any other way?). We have all the metadata required to identify a node and would like to delete them.

Also could you please let me know if deleting from database would impact the index?

Thanks,
Uma

[mrogers]

Yes you can delete nodes through one of the user interfaces or one of the APIs.

What you shouldn't do is use the database directly.