Need method to delete dependencies using console application

Question

I had error to delete dependencies of attribute. First of all I have retrieved all dependencies using RetrieveDependenciesForDeleteRequest

RetrieveDependenciesForDeleteRequest dependencyRequest = new RetrieveDependenciesForDeleteRequest
        {
            ComponentType = componentType,
            ObjectId = retrieveResponse.AttributeMetadata.MetadataId.Value,
        };

and program retrieves every dependence correctly. Then I would like to delete them using

 foreach (var component in dependencyResponse.EntityCollection.Entities)
        {
            DeleteRequest deleteRequest = new DeleteRequest
            {
                Target = new EntityReference(component.LogicalName, component.Id)
            };
            service.Execute(deleteRequest);

But program gave me error The 'Delete' method does not support entities of type 'dependency'. MessageProcessorCache returned MessageProcessor.Empty. '. Maybe I did it with wrong method. I would like to ask if there is method to delete dependencies not records?

Answer 1

the dependency can be of different types, for example the attribute can be inside a form, inside a view, as a part of another calculated attribute.

The RetrieveDependenciesForDeleteRequest will help you to find the Dependencies but you can't delete them with a single call, based on the dependency type you will need to perform a specific action (editing the form or the view following my previous example)