How to fix the Oracle error ORA-44731: Path string cannot be removed from the repository XML Index?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-44731: Path string cannot be removed from the repository XML Index with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-44731: Path string cannot be removed from the repository XML Index

Reason for the Error ORA-44731: Path string cannot be removed from the repository XML Index

The repository XML Index indexed one of the parent folders of the resource identified by given path.

How to fix the Error ORA-44731: Path string cannot be removed from the repository XML Index ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Try removing the parent folder from the repository XML Index.