Who can delete records?

See the answer below.

The ability to delete individual records is controlled by administrators, the record owner, users in a role hierarchy above the record owner, and any user that has been granted Full Access.

In Salesforce, record deletion permissions are determined by a combination of user profile settings and object-level security. Generally, users with the "Delete" permission on an object can delete records of that object, but there are some exceptions.

Here are some key points to keep in mind:

1. Object-level security: First, check whether the user's profile has the "Delete" permission for the object in question. If not, the user won't be able to delete any records of that object.

2. Record ownership: By default, only the record owner (or a user higher in the role hierarchy) can delete a record. If the user trying to delete a record is not the owner, they will need the "Modify All" permission on the object to delete any record.

3. Related records: Deleting a record can also trigger the deletion of related records. For example, if a parent account is deleted, all its child contacts and opportunities may also be deleted. Users attempting to delete a record will need the necessary permissions on both the parent and child objects to complete the operation.

4. System administrator: The Salesforce System Administrator profile has full permissions to all objects and can delete any record.

Overall, the ability to delete records in Salesforce is tightly controlled by the system's security model, which balances user permissions with data integrity concerns.