Before deleting a character all gear needs to be unequiped...

[Ayrilana.1396]

@"Carnius Magius.8091" said:I was able to get all my accidently deleted tools and glyphs restored to my account. I'm a happy camper now. Thank you ANET. If you look at the delete character dialog box now, you will see the change I was asking for. Instead of a simple warning, we got an extensive warning. I couldn't ask for more. :)

It's the exact same warning that we have had for years.

Edit: Here's a video for reference.

I implore everyone to please take their time when reading these confirmation boxes and don't simply ignore them. When I delete a character, usually one to farm keys, I always log onto the character and double check that it has nothing that I wouldn't want deleted.