diff --git a/e2e/client/playwright/multiedit.spec.ts b/e2e/client/playwright/multiedit.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b492310dd..0000000000
--- a/e2e/client/playwright/multiedit.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-import {test, expect} from '@playwright/test';
-import {Monitoring} from './page-object-models/monitoring';
-import {Authoring} from './page-object-models/authoring';
-import {MultiEdit} from './page-object-models/multiedit';
-import {restoreDatabaseSnapshot, s} from './utils';
-
-test.describe('Multiedit', async () => {
-    test('editing articles in multi-edit mode', async ({page}) => {
-        const monitoring = new Monitoring(page);
-        const multiedit = new MultiEdit(page);
-
-        await restoreDatabaseSnapshot();
-        await page.goto('/#/workspace/monitoring');
-        await monitoring.selectDeskOrWorkspace('Sports');
-
-        await monitoring.executeBulkAction('Multi-edit', ['test sports story', 'story 2']);
-
-        await page
-            .locator(s('multiedit-screen', 'multiedit-article=test sports story', 'field--headline'))
-            .getByRole('textbox')
-            .clear();
-        await page
-            .locator(s('multiedit-screen', 'multiedit-article=test sports story', 'field--headline'))
-            .getByRole('textbox')
-            .fill('test sports story 1.1');
-
-        await multiedit.save('test sports story');
-
-        await page
-            .locator(s('multiedit-screen', 'multiedit-article=story 2', 'field--headline'))
-            .getByRole('textbox')
-            .clear();
-        await page
-            .locator(s('multiedit-screen', 'multiedit-article=story 2', 'field--headline'))
-            .getByRole('textbox')
-            .fill('story 2.1');
-
-        await multiedit.save('story 2');
-
-        await page.locator(s('multiedit-subnav')).getByRole('button', {name: 'exit'}).click();
-
-        await monitoring.executeActionOnMonitoringItem(
-            page.locator(s('article-item=test sports story 1.1')),
-            'Edit',
-        );
-        await expect(
-            page.locator(s('authoring', 'field--headline')).getByRole('textbox'),
-        ).toHaveText('test sports story 1.1');
-
-        await monitoring.executeActionOnMonitoringItem(
-            page.locator(s('article-item=story 2.1')),
-            'Edit',
-        );
-        await expect(
-            page.locator(s('authoring', 'field--headline')).getByRole('textbox'),
-        ).toHaveText('story 2.1');
-    });
-
-    test('removing an article from multi-edit view', async ({page}) => {
-        const monitoring = new Monitoring(page);
-        const authoring = new Authoring(page);
-
-        await restoreDatabaseSnapshot();
-        await page.goto('/#/workspace/monitoring');
-
-        await monitoring.selectDeskOrWorkspace('Sports');
-
-        await monitoring.executeActionOnMonitoringItem(
-            page.locator(s('article-item=test sports story')),
-            'Edit',
-        );
-        await authoring.executeActionInEditor(
-            'Multiedit',
-            'OK',
-        );
-
-        await page.locator(s('multiedit-screen', 'multiedit-article=test sports story')).hover();
-        await page
-            .locator(s('multiedit-screen', 'multiedit-article=test sports story'))
-            .getByRole('button', {name: 'remove item'})
-            .click();
-        await expect(page.locator(s('multiedit-screen', 'multiedit-article=test sports story'))).not.toBeVisible();
-    });
-});
diff --git a/e2e/client/playwright/page-object-models/monitoring.ts b/e2e/client/playwright/page-object-models/monitoring.ts
index 6b5c32596b..0c2b17e7b1 100644
--- a/e2e/client/playwright/page-object-models/monitoring.ts
+++ b/e2e/client/playwright/page-object-models/monitoring.ts
@@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ export class Monitoring {
             .click();
     }
 
-    async executeBulkAction(action: string, articleNames: Array<string>): Promise<void> {
-        for (const selectedArticle of articleNames) {
-            await this.page.locator(s(`article-item=${selectedArticle}`, 'item-type-and-multi-select')).hover();
-            await this.page.locator(s(`article-item=${selectedArticle}`, 'multi-select-checkbox')).check();
-        }
-
-        await this.page.locator(s('multi-action-bar', 'multi-actions-inline', action)).click();
-    }
-
     async createArticleFromTemplate(template: string, options?: {slugline?:string, body_html?: string}): Promise<void> {
         await this.page.locator(s('content-create')).click();
         await this.page.locator(s('content-create-dropdown')).getByRole('button', {name: 'More Templates...'}).click();
diff --git a/e2e/client/playwright/page-object-models/multiedit.ts b/e2e/client/playwright/page-object-models/multiedit.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 15b7d16cff..0000000000
--- a/e2e/client/playwright/page-object-models/multiedit.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import {Page} from '@playwright/test';
-import {s} from '../utils';
-
-export class MultiEdit {
-    private page: Page;
-
-    constructor(page: Page) {
-        this.page = page;
-    }
-
-    async save(article: string): Promise<void> {
-        await this.page.locator(s('multiedit-screen', `multiedit-article=${article}`)).hover();
-
-        await this.page
-            .locator(s('multiedit-screen', `multiedit-article=${article}`))
-            .getByRole('button', {name: 'save'})
-            .click();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/scripts/apps/authoring/multiedit/views/multiedit.html b/scripts/apps/authoring/multiedit/views/multiedit.html
index a74fdd83ac..76a67630e8 100644
--- a/scripts/apps/authoring/multiedit/views/multiedit.html
+++ b/scripts/apps/authoring/multiedit/views/multiedit.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<div class="subnav subnav--top" data-test-id="multiedit-subnav">
+<div class="subnav subnav--top">
     <h2 class="page-nav-title" translate>Multiedit</h2>
     <button class="btn btn--hollow sd-margin-end--1" ng-click="closeMulti()" translate>Exit</button>
 </div>
-<div class="multiedit-screen main-section" data-test-id="multiedit-screen">
+<div class="multiedit-screen main-section">
     <div class="boards-list">
         <div ng-repeat="board in boards"
             class="board"
diff --git a/scripts/apps/authoring/multiedit/views/sd-multiedit-article.html b/scripts/apps/authoring/multiedit/views/sd-multiedit-article.html
index 4791bd3ce5..9579fee651 100644
--- a/scripts/apps/authoring/multiedit/views/sd-multiedit-article.html
+++ b/scripts/apps/authoring/multiedit/views/sd-multiedit-article.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<article class="main-article" tabindex="0" ng-class="{locked: isLocked}" data-test-id="multiedit-article" data-test-value="{{item.slugline}}">
+<article class="main-article" tabindex="0" ng-class="{locked: isLocked}">
     <div class="main-article__form">
         <div class="main-article__editbar">
             <button class="btn btn--hollow main-article__editbar-button"
diff --git a/scripts/apps/search/views/multi-action-bar.html b/scripts/apps/search/views/multi-action-bar.html
index a61de446d6..2ed1eee885 100644
--- a/scripts/apps/search/views/multi-action-bar.html
+++ b/scripts/apps/search/views/multi-action-bar.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="multi-action-bar" ng-if="multi.count && display" data-test-id="multi-action-bar">
+<div class="multi-action-bar" ng-if="multi.count && display">
     <button class="btn btn--hollow btn--icon-only btn--icon-only-circle me-1" ng-click="toggleDisplay()"><i class="icon-chevron-up-thin"></i></button>
     <button class="btn" ng-click="multi.reset()">cancel</button>
     <span id="multi-select-count"