This has been done since at least ancient history, and is referred to as Damnatio Memoriae[1] > Damnatio memoriae is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnatio

This has been done since at least ancient history, and is referred to as Damnatio Memoriae[1] > Damnatio memoriae is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts. There are and have been many routes to damnatio memoriae, including the destruction of depictions, the removal of names from inscriptions and documents, and even large-scale rewritings of history. The term can be applied to other instances of official scrubbing; the practice is seen as long ago as the aftermath of the reign of the Egyptian Pharaohs Akhenaten in the 13th century BC, and Hatshepsut in the 14th century BC. I can't say I particularly agree with the practice though. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae