I want to remove the Record Type applied to a Custom Object. There will be no record types at all.
I cannot remove one of the record types because its set to the default for several profiles (in fact all profiles). Therefore it seems like I have to manually enter each profile and delete it. Joy.
However, for Chatter type profiles I don't have the option to enter "Object Settings". So I can't remove it it from these profiles. Which means I can't remove the Record Types attribute at all.
Any ideas how to get around this?
Ideally I'd like a page, like the one I was offered when I created the record type, that lists all profiles and has a picklist for each row ('default on' or something).
The only "solution" I found was this: https://success.salesforce.com/answers?id=90630000000h2pXAAQ which seems like its out of date now. I can't navigate to a setup/ui/profilerecordtypeedit.jsp page as described in that link.
Best Answer
Clues came from here:
http://sfdciq.com/unable-to-delete-record-type/
The solution is a URL hack.
https://xxx.salesforce.com/setup/ui/profilerecordtypeedit.jsp?id={Profile ID}&tid={Custom Object ID}&pn={Profile Name}
Eg,
As a System Administrator, I go to Setup > Profiles > the profile I'm interested in. Lets say "Chatter External User"
The url for this profile contains the Profile ID: https://xxx.salesforce.com/00e20000001nAgo
I also have to copy the Profile Name: "Chatter External User"
Then I go to Setup > Create > Objects > the object I'm interested in. Let's say "Custom Object"
Again the url contains the tid:
https://xxx.salesforce.com/01I20000000y7Hh?setupid=CustomObjects
My final hacky URL is:
https://xxx.salesforce.com/setup/ui/profilerecordtypeedit.jsp?id=00e20000001nAgo&tid=01I20000000y7Hh&pn=Chatter+External+User
NB For Standard Objects the parameter tid is the name of the object "Contact", "Account", Opportunity" etc. For Custom Objects its the ID of the Custom Object.
I can now remove the unwanted Record Type from "Selected Record Types".
Simple wimple.