diff --git a/RMuseum/Controllers/ArtifactController.cs b/RMuseum/Controllers/ArtifactController.cs
index 98afe250..2c90d8a6 100644
--- a/RMuseum/Controllers/ArtifactController.cs
+++ b/RMuseum/Controllers/ArtifactController.cs
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ namespace RMuseum.Controllers
         [ProducesResponseType((int)HttpStatusCode.OK, Type = typeof(bool))]
         [ProducesResponseType((int)HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, Type = typeof(string))]
         [ProducesResponseType((int)HttpStatusCode.Forbidden)]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> RemoveArtifactHavingNoNoteAndBookmarks(Guid artifactId)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> RemoveArtifact(Guid artifactId)
         {
-            RServiceResult<bool> res = await _artifactService.RemoveArtifactHavingNoNoteAndBookmarks(artifactId, true);
+            RServiceResult<bool> res = await _artifactService.RemoveArtifact(artifactId, true);
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(res.ExceptionString))
             {
                 return BadRequest(res.ExceptionString);
diff --git a/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml b/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml
index b423e830..d7297a00 100644
--- a/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml
+++ b/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             <param name="friendlyUrl"></param>
             <returns></returns>
         </member>
-        <member name="M:RMuseum.Controllers.ArtifactController.RemoveArtifactHavingNoNoteAndBookmarks(System.Guid)">
+        <member name="M:RMuseum.Controllers.ArtifactController.RemoveArtifact(System.Guid)">
             <summary>
             remove unpublished artifact having no notes and not bookmarked
             </summary>
@@ -8906,7 +8906,7 @@
             <param name="linkId"></param>
             <returns></returns>
         </member>
-        <member name="M:RMuseum.Services.IArtifactService.RemoveArtifactHavingNoNoteAndBookmarks(System.Guid,System.Boolean)">
+        <member name="M:RMuseum.Services.IArtifactService.RemoveArtifact(System.Guid,System.Boolean)">
             <summary>
             an incomplete prototype for removing artifacts
             </summary>
@@ -10281,7 +10281,7 @@
             </summary>
             <returns></returns>
         </member>
-        <member name="M:RMuseum.Services.Implementation.ArtifactService.RemoveArtifactHavingNoNoteAndBookmarks(System.Guid,System.Boolean)">
+        <member name="M:RMuseum.Services.Implementation.ArtifactService.RemoveArtifact(System.Guid,System.Boolean)">
             <summary>
             an incomplete prototype for removing artifacts
             </summary>
diff --git a/RMuseum/Services/IArtifactService.cs b/RMuseum/Services/IArtifactService.cs
index 366ada00..6802d4f8 100644
--- a/RMuseum/Services/IArtifactService.cs
+++ b/RMuseum/Services/IArtifactService.cs
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ namespace RMuseum.Services
         /// <param name="artifactId"></param>
         /// <param name="checkJobs"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        Task<RServiceResult<bool>> RemoveArtifactHavingNoNoteAndBookmarks(Guid artifactId, bool checkJobs);
+        Task<RServiceResult<bool>> RemoveArtifact(Guid artifactId, bool checkJobs);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// start filling GanjoorLink table OriginalSource values
diff --git a/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/ArtifactService-Partials/ArtifactService-ImportLoc.cs b/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/ArtifactService-Partials/ArtifactService-ImportLoc.cs
index 555ef1f1..0d3f4bbc 100644
--- a/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/ArtifactService-Partials/ArtifactService-ImportLoc.cs
+++ b/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/ArtifactService-Partials/ArtifactService-ImportLoc.cs
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ namespace RMuseum.Services.Implementation
                 scheduled = new List<string>();
                 foreach (ImportJob job in rescheduledJobs)
                 {
-                    await RemoveArtifactHavingNoNoteAndBookmarks((Guid)job.ArtifactId, false);
+                    await RemoveArtifact((Guid)job.ArtifactId, false);
                     _context.ImportJobs.Remove(job);
                     await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
                     RServiceResult<bool> rescheduled = await StartImportingFromTheLibraryOfCongress(job.ResourceNumber, job.FriendlyUrl, "rbc0001");//plmp
diff --git a/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/ArtifactService.cs b/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/ArtifactService.cs
index 59683951..f2dd8125 100644
--- a/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/ArtifactService.cs
+++ b/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/ArtifactService.cs
@@ -1224,15 +1224,10 @@ namespace RMuseum.Services.Implementation
         /// <param name="artifactId"></param>
         /// <param name="checkJobs"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public async Task<RServiceResult<bool>> RemoveArtifactHavingNoNoteAndBookmarks(Guid artifactId, bool checkJobs)
+        public async Task<RServiceResult<bool>> RemoveArtifact(Guid artifactId, bool checkJobs)
         {
             try
             {
-                if (await _context.UserBookmarks.Where(b => b.RArtifactMasterRecordId == artifactId).AnyAsync())
-                    return new RServiceResult<bool>(false, "The artifcat is bookmarked by somebody and cannot be deleted");
-                if (await _context.UserNotes.Where(n => n.RArtifactMasterRecordId == artifactId).AnyAsync())
-                    return new RServiceResult<bool>(false, "The artifcat has notes by somebody and cannot be deleted");
-
                 RArtifactMasterRecord record = await _context.Artifacts
                         .Include(a => a.Items).ThenInclude(i => i.Images)
                         .Include(a => a.Items).ThenInclude(i => i.Tags)
@@ -1248,7 +1243,16 @@ namespace RMuseum.Services.Implementation
                     return new RServiceResult<bool>(false, "Can not delete published artifact");
                 }
 
-
+                if (await _context.UserBookmarks.Where(b => b.RArtifactMasterRecordId == artifactId).AnyAsync())
+                {
+                    var bookmarks = await _context.UserBookmarks.Where(b => b.RArtifactMasterRecordId == artifactId).ToListAsync();
+                    _context.RemoveRange(bookmarks);
+                }
+                if (await _context.UserNotes.Where(n => n.RArtifactMasterRecordId == artifactId).AnyAsync())
+                {
+                    var notes = await _context.UserNotes.Where(n => n.RArtifactMasterRecordId == artifactId).ToListAsync();
+                    _context.RemoveRange(notes);
+                }
 
                 if (checkJobs)
                 {