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Hi,

I am using Metada API to delete custom fields.

I can delete custom field of an Object, but the custom field is put in the 'Deleted Fields' with the following API name customfield_del__c

Is it possible to erase the custom field of the 'Deleted Fields' list? I need to delete them of that list as well

I am using the following code

public static void deleteCustomField(String fullname) throws Exception

{

CustomField customField = new CustomField();

customField.setFullName(fullname);

UpdateMetadata updateMetadata = new UpdateMetadata();

updateMetadata.setMetadata(customField);

updateMetadata.setCurrentName(fullname);

AsyncResult[] asyncResults = metadataConnection.delete(new Metadata[] {customField});

long waitTimeMilliSecs = ONE_SECOND;

{

printAsyncResultStatus(asyncResults);

waitTimeMilliSecs *= 2;

Thread.sleep(waitTimeMilliSecs);

asyncResults = metadataConnection.checkStatus(new String[]{asyncResults[0].getId()});

} while (!asyncResults[0].isDone());

printAsyncResultStatus(asyncResults);

}