Can't delete attributes

[David_F]

hi,

I frequently find when I try to delete an attribute from a template item that the "Delete" option is greyed out and I can't do it. Is there any reason for this? any way round it?

I should specify these are Custom Attributes I'm talking about.

I go through the Attributes I have created and added to a template - when I right-click, some have the delete option greyed out, some don't. I thought it might correlate to whether an attribute was populated or not, but it doesn't.

Compact and Repair doesn't fix it. It happens across all databases and has been the case, off and on, for a while.

DavidF.