[4.x]: Unable to delete Sections or Entry Types

[lindseydiloreto]

What happened?

Description

It seems to be impossible to delete sections and entry types in Craft 4.

By the looks of it, the ‎Sections::deleteEntryType method isn't actually deleting anything...

cms/src/services/Sections.php

Lines 1323 to 1334 in 5d6f656

	public function deleteEntryType(EntryType $entryType): bool
	{
	// Fire a 'beforeDeleteEntryType' event
	if ($this->hasEventHandlers(self::EVENT_BEFORE_DELETE_ENTRY_TYPE)) {
	$this->trigger(self::EVENT_BEFORE_DELETE_ENTRY_TYPE, new EntryTypeEvent([
	'entryType' => $entryType,
	]));
	}
	Craft::$app->getProjectConfig()->remove(ProjectConfig::PATH_ENTRY_TYPES . '.' . $entryType->uid, "Delete the “{$entryType->handle}” entry type");
	return true;
	}

Steps to reproduce

1. In Craft 4, create a section and/or entry type.
2. Try to delete that section and/or entry type.
3. Refresh the page to see that it still exists!

Expected behavior

Deleting a section/entry type should delete the section/entry type.

Actual behavior

Deleting a section/entry type does not delete the section/entry type.

Craft CMS version

4.14.11.1

PHP version

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Operating system and version

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Database type and version

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Image driver and version

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Installed plugins and versions

[brandonkelly]

Both are deleting successfully on my end.

By the looks of it, the ‎Sections::deleteEntryType method isn't actually deleting anything...

That method removes the entry type’s config from the project config. craft\services\Sections::handleDeletedEntryType() will end up getting called in turn, which handles the actual database row (soft) deletion.

Refresh the page to see that it still exists!

Sounds like maybe your project config is out of sync with the database somehow. Can happen if the section/database is added to the database directly, for example.

Try running php craft pc/rebuild first, and then delete the section/entry type.