Deleting Process Instances in Guided Procedures of NW CE 7.1

Hi,
I would like to ask is there a way to delete initiated process instances in Guided Procedures? I am facing this problem that in my Runtime there are so many outdates process instances (for previous test purpose) remaining, for example:
- Alerts & Warnings (24)
- Processes which I own (20)
- Processes which I oversee (20)
- Tasks that require my action (17)
I have found the following article regarding the problem ([Guided Procedures - New and Enhanced Features in SAP NW CE 7.1 EHP1|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwce711/helpdata/en/87/563934e3f34114901ff69cd041ba38/content.htm]). But it seems that it is only available in EhP1.
When I navigate to Administration -> Manage Processes -> Find Processes.
I only can see these 3 buttons: "Change Authorization", "Terminate Instances" & "Complete Step". But without the "Delete Instances".
Using the "Terminate Instances" did not solve my problem too.
So I resort to this:
Guided Procedures Runtime -> Administration -> Maintain processes -> Archiving and Deleting -> Maintain Process Templates -> Global Settings -> Global Settings for Process Instances:
Completed:
- Delete (After 1 day)
Erroneous:
- Delete (After 1 day)
Terminated:
- Delete (After 1 day)
Still, this did not help me deleting the process instances.
Could anyone provide me a solution?
Regards,
Joon Meng

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