As you may have learned in the article How to use Brightspace Groups, you can create groups in Brightspace where students are assigned to submit group assignments or create group discussions. It is also possible to delete the unwanted groups or categories that are no longer needed.

This article shows how to:

• Access Brightspace Groups
• Delete Brightspace group(s)
• Delete a Brightspace category

Navigate to your Brightspace course page. Then, in the green navigation bar 

1. Click Communication 
2. Click Groups

This will take you to the Manage Groups homepage.

The Manage Groups homepage will open, under View Categories,

3. Click the downward arrow, and a dropdown menu will appear
4. Click the [category name] you want to delete

Now you can continue to one of the following sections to delete a category or to delete a group.

Whether you are deleting a group(s) or a category, after you click the button Delete a window will pop up with a confirmation and a warning message. In the pop-up window,

7. Click the button Delete Groups/Categories 

The groups and categories have been successfully deleted. If you did not have any other group and category created on the Manage Groups homepage you will see and empty page (see image below).

Now you know how to delete groups and categories in Brightspace!