# How to abort delete document action if validations fail

**URL:** <https://community.bloomreach.com/t/how-to-abort-delete-document-action-if-validations-fail/4081>\
**Category:** Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/how-to-abort-delete-document-action-if-validations-fail/4081 "2023-08-18T06:01:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/how-to-abort-delete-document-action-if-validations-fail/4081/2 "2023-08-18T12:55:43Z")

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Hi,

You can hook into a delete event, but I don’t think you can abort it. What you could do is create some custom actions in the workflow. See this [previous thread](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/pre-processing-of-document-events/2079/2) for advice.

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