deleting received items

[TimeofSnow]

if you delete them after unboxing stuff, does that delete the items as well?

[Lindal Kidd]

No.  First of all, being in the Received Items section of your inventory has no bearing on this issue.  It's just a place for something to be, like any other place in your inventory.

The important thing to understand is the copy permissions of the item.  If an item is No Copy, when you drag it out of its box into your inventory, the box now does NOT contain it.  You have moved the only copy there is.  You can create a Link to the item, for example if you include it in an Outfit, but there is still only one copy of it.  If you delete it or give it away, it's gone.

By the same token, you can delete the empty box it came in, just like you can throw away the box that a Real Life thing comes in.

Copyable items are a little different.  When you drag it out of its box, it leaves behind a copy of itself.  If it's transferable, you can sell or give it away, and a copy of it will still remain in your inventory.  You can make safety copies of it, and store them in other places in your inventory.

And, looking back at the box it came in, you can STILL delete the box (and the copy of the item that's still in there) safely.

Some people like to save boxes...for copyable items, it provides an easy and safe way to retain a spare.  Or you can pitch them...it's strictly a matter of preference.