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diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/actions.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/actions.txt index 7b664f901d..904d20eb33 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/actions.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/actions.txt @@ -23,7 +23,20 @@ models. For example, here's the user module from Django's built-in :mod:`django.contrib.auth` app: .. image:: _images/user_actions.png + +.. warning:: + + The "delete selected objects" action uses :meth:`QuerySet.delete() + <django.db.models.QuerySet.delete>` for efficiency reasons, which has an + important caveat: your model's ``delete()`` method will not be called. + If you wish to override this behavior, simply write a custom action which + accomplishes deletion in your preferred manner -- for example, by calling + ``Model.delete()`` for each of the selected items. + + For more background on bulk deletion, see the documentation on :ref:`object + deletion <topics-db-queries-delete>`. + Read on to find out how to add your own actions to this list. Writing actions |