# Allow user to delete items: how does it work with a collection/email is signed-in user? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [May 17, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464 "2024-05-17T15:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464/1 "2024-05-17T15:53:09Z")
I making an image generator tab for my students. I want them to be able to delete images from their “gallery”- the images they have generator in the Collection (visibility set to email is signed-in user). I see in the Actions tab I can “Allow user to delete items”. I went back into the gallery and do not see a delete button/option for the user. I tried clicking into the image to see details, and nothing there either. What and how does Allow users to delete items work? ![CleanShot 2024-05-17 at 11.48.18](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/a/ba9914480b55c1f6144c460208075b53184be711.png) ---
**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464/2 "2024-05-17T16:04:11Z")
Found it, they just need to hover cursor in the upper corner of the item and they get the delete option, Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464/3 "2024-05-18T00:48:16Z")
What type of component are you using to show the image? For visibility purposes, wouldn’t a custom collection work better to show a button? ---
**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464/4 "2024-05-18T01:01:50Z")
Yes I am using a custom collection. I wanted a way for them to delete the items in the collection and eventually saw that one just needs to hover on the 3 dots int the corner of the images. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464/5 "2024-05-18T01:03:04Z")
I mean if you’re using a custom collection, you can just add a button that does the action, not all people are going to know to hover to get to that action. ---
**Author:** ![Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/todd_lichtenwalter/32/12231_2.png) [@Todd\_Lichtenwalter](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Todd_Lichtenwalter)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464/6 "2024-05-18T01:34:40Z")
But if there are several images in the collection, how do I set up a button to delete a specific image? With the “hover delete option,” GLIDE knows which row to delete specifically. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464/7 "2024-05-18T23:42:25Z")
I’m not sure what you mean. Do you have multiple images tied to a row, or an image for each row? I mean the button with the action already ties to each row, so it would know which image to delete. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464/8 "2024-05-19T00:24:32Z")
@Todd_Lichtenwalter What @ThinhDinh means is that a custom collection is a collection style that you can customize with your own components in each list item. You can add an image component and a delete button in the custom collection container and each list item will have its own delete button specifically linked to that item. It’s not a single button outside of the collection. It’s part of the collection. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-user-to-delete-items-how-does-it-work-with-a-collection-email-is-signed-in-user/73464/9 "2024-05-26T00:24:47Z")
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