Django Admin: has_delete_permission Ignored for “Delete” Action

Question

Let\'s say that I have a model where the row that has an ID of 1 is special and should not be able to be deleted, but all the other rows are fine to delete. Here is my attempt a

Answer 1

You can replace the admin's implementation of the delete_selected action with your own. Something like:

from django.contrib.admin import actions

class WidgetAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    actions = [delete_selected]

    def delete_selected(self, request, queryset):
        # Handle this however you like. You could raise PermissionDenied,
        # or just remove it, and / or use the messages framework...
        queryset = queryset.exclude(pk=1)

        actions.delete_selected(self, request, queryset)
    delete_selected.short_description = "Delete stuff"

See the documentation for more details.