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I had a menu item (GETTING HERE) pointing to /getting-here.html, with getting-here as the alias.
I needed to update the page replacing the article with a component based page - I deleted the article by unpublishing it, then I removed it from the site by trashing the article so it was no longer in the database.
However, I tried to save my newly built component page with the same title and alias as the previous article - Every time I've saved the component version of the page I get a 'save failed because the menu item and alias already exist.' message
As an interim solution, I've had to call the menu DIRECTIONS and the page /directions.html with an alias directions, but I'd really prefer to keep the URL as '/getting here.html'
Is this something new to J2.54 or are there other ways to remove the previous references or overwrite the old one?
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After delete an article (or menu item), choose Trashed in "Select Status" drop-down list -> Select deleted item(s) -> click Empty trash
