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Why won't ContentDocument Trigger Fire
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ContentDocumentTrigger
trigger ContentDocumentTrigger on ContentDocument (before delete){
System.Debug('Trigger Fired');
}
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ExecuteAnonymous
Id MyId = '[fill this in]' // Use some record that has feed items enabled
FeedItem myPost = new FeedItem(ParentId = MyId
, ContentData = Blob.valueOf('anImage')
, ContentFileName = 'testFeedItem.jpg');
insert myPost;
myPost = [SELECT RelatedRecordId
FROM FeedItem
WHERE Id = :myPost.Id];
System.Debug(myPost.RelatedRecordId);
ContentDocument doc = [SELECT Id FROM ContentDocument WHERE Id = :myPost.RelatedRecordId];
delete doc; // Comment this out when you want to test via UI
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If you save the trigger into your org and then run the execute anonymous code then you'll see that the trigger never fires.

However, if you comment out line 11 of the execute anonymous code then you can get the doc id and delete it through the UI. THEN the trigger will show up in the debug logs...

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