Deleting objects from a store of a device

A computing device having a store, wherein the store is synchronized with one or more synchronization partners, wherein a delete request for an object in the store can result in a deletion of corresponding objects on the one or more synchronization partners, the computing device comprising one or more computer-readable media and further comprising:

• a processor for processing computer-executable instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable media of the computing device and that are configured for implementing a method for deleting an object from the store of the device that is excluded by a filter during synchronization between the device and a first synchronization partner, comprising:
• an act of a first device sync module sending a soft delete request to a sync manager, wherein the first device sync module is associated with the first synchronization partner;
• an act of the sync manager determining whether other synchronization partners are synchronizing the object;
• an act of deleting the object from the store if the other synchronization partners are not synchronizing the object;
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• an act of not deleting the object from the store if at least one of the other synchronization partners is synchronizing the object.

A computing device having a device store, wherein the store of the device is synchronized with stores of one or more synchronization partners, the computing device comprising one or more computer-readable media and further comprising:

• a processor for processing computer-executable instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable media of the computing device and for implementing a method for automatically deleting a data object from the store of the device without deleting corresponding data objects from the stores of the one or more synchronization partners during future synchronizations, comprising:
• a step for synchronizing the device store with a store of a first synchronization partner, wherein the synchronization generates a soft delete request for the data object;
• a step for querying other device sync modules to determine if the data object is synchronized by the one or more synchronization partners;
• a step for granting the soft delete request if the one or more synchronization partners do not synchronize the data object or if the one or more synchronization partners grant permission for the soft delete request;
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• a step for denying the soft delete request if one of the one or more synchronization partners objects to the soft delete request.