Relevant to: faculty and staff
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Introduction
Although it is possible to delete a group or category, there are consequences that you need to consider carefully.
When You Delete a Group
When you delete a group, the following things happen:
- If you've selected the Auto-enroll new students option, students are automatically distributed to the remaining groups.
- If groups are set up for manual enrollment, you must add students to the remaining groups using the Enroll Users page.
- Group discussion forums remain available for reference. You can delete them in the Discussions tool.
- Group locker areas and the files they contain are deleted.
- Group assignments and the files they contain are deleted.
When You Delete a Category
When you delete a category, the following things happen:
- Students are no longer enrolled in groups because they do not exist.
- Group discussion forums remain available for reference. You can delete them in the Discussions tool.
- Group Locker areas and the files they contain are deleted.
- Group assignments and the files they contain are deleted.