Delete old saved results of BI reports

Hi All,
I have a query on BI reports
In the BI reports, any user can save the result of the report.
Is there any option to delete old saved results.
If so How can we delete the results?
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Sujana

Hi,
Look at note 963393.
Hope it helps (points are welcome),
Gili

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