Hi blogyturf,

You never want to manage an Elgg database directly using something like phpMyAdmin.

Always use the Elgg API.

For example,

$entity->delete();

will delete all records related to an entity, including metadata, annotations and relationships.

The API is pretty simple in most cases.

I do not understand what you mean by API elgg? where is it? how to use it please?
Thank you

blogyturf,

If you just want to run Elgg, then just install it and go.

But if you want to do anything more, you need to read the development docs:

http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Getting_Started_With_Development

The truth is, I don't look at them much, because I just read the source code, which is well documented.

But you should still start with the above link.

Voila I have read the API cons no evidence to remove items from the database, no plugin ... shame it will severely limit small webmastersa using elgg.

@blogyturf - the API is there to support plugins. You can do anything you want with plugins. Any software that required you to muck around with the database would be a nightmare to maintain.

As an example, there is a guid plugin that allows you to view each object in the elgg database and delete if desired.

ok so I have to learn to create an API to suit my needs ... I am not against but for a turnkey platform as elgg I think it's limits.
Then I have the link to the api guide to see the objetcts and remove them please?
Thank you

Elgg is *not* a turnkey platform.