{"id":139332,"date":"2026-06-28T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/faq\/%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%aa%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b9-%d8%ad%d8%b0%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%82%d8%af-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%8b%d8%9f\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T13:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:03:44","slug":"what-conditions-prevent-a-contract-from-being-bulk-deleted","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/what-conditions-prevent-a-contract-from-being-bulk-deleted\/","title":{"rendered":"What conditions prevent a contract from being bulk deleted?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">There are three conditions that block a contract from being deleted during a bulk delete operation:<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>The contract is linked to pay runs:<\/strong> If the contract is associated with one or more pay runs, deletion is blocked and the following message appears per record: <em>&#8220;This contract cannot be deleted because it is linked to one or more pay runs.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>The contract is linked to unpaid payslips:<\/strong> If the contract is associated with one or more unpaid payslips, deletion is blocked and the following message appears: <em>&#8220;This contract cannot be deleted because it is linked to one or more payslips.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>The contract belongs to a branch outside your access:<\/strong> If the contract belongs to a branch you do not have permission to access, it is skipped automatically and the following message appears: <em>&#8220;You do not have permission to delete this contract.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Worth noting: an Active contract status alone does not block deletion \u2014 only actual links to payroll records do. 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