Deletion of business partners

Dear all

Is it possible to delete business partners? There are a few business partners that were created, but now have left the company & therefore i want to make them "inactive".

I've defined the following settings on the "Status" tab of the business partner:

1. Select Archiving Flag

2. Select Central Lock

3. Select Not Released

4. Select "Disallowed" in the Contact field.

However, this business partner is still displayed on my drop-down list & I can still select this business partner as a processor in CRMD_ORDER. The system allows me to save the message, although it does appear with a "red light" to inform me that the user is locked.

Any ideas?