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title: deleteOldRDN
description: OID
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:schemaref:at-deleteOldRDN
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/schemaref/at-deleteOldRDN.html
---

# deleteOldRDN

|                             |                                                                                              |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                       | 2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.10                                                                     |
| *Names*                     | deleteOldRDN                                                                                 |
| *Description*               | a flag which indicates if the old RDN should be retained as an attribute of the entry        |
| *Syntax*                    | [Boolean](s-Boolean.html)                                                                    |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [booleanMatch](mr-booleanMatch.html)                                                         |
| *Single value*              | true                                                                                         |
| *User modification allowed* | true                                                                                         |
| *Usage*                     | userApplications                                                                             |
| *Origin*                    | [draft-good-ldap-changelog](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-good-ldap-changelog) |
| *Schema file*               | 03-changelog.ldif                                                                            |
| *Used by*                   | [changeLogEntry](oc-changeLogEntry.html)                                                     |