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 ====== Purging (removing) objects from Credo ======
-Purging will remove an object from Fedora as well as from the search engine but it will not remove the metadata and object files stored on the Credo server. To purge an object from Credo:
+Purging will remove an object from Fedora's (aka the underlying architecture for Credo) search engine but it will not remove the URL, metadata, or object files stored on the server. To remove the metadata and object file, you must manually delete the files from the server. To permanently remove the URL, you must put in a ticket with LTS and supply the record number (PID) -- i.e. mums700-f001-i005.
-  - Add a metadata file to the 'purge' folder at the top-level of the Credo server.
+:!: NOTE: Deleting or purging a file from the server will not remove the item URL or stop it from being in Google's search results.
+To purge an object from Credo:
+  - Add a metadata file to the 'purge' folder which is inside the 'ingest' folder and alphabetically falls among the collection folders in the Credo server.
   - Remove the '.xml' from the filename.

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