Navigate to your course, in the green navigation bar

1. Click on Course Tools, a drop-down menu will appear
2. Click on  Manage Files

The page of Manage files tool will open.

3. In the left panel click on the [folder name] from where you want to delete the files (it will highlight in blue)

The content of the file will open on the right.

4. Click the selectbox of the file(s) which you want to delete. You can select and delete more than one file at once.
5. Click the Bin icon to delete the files

A window pops out with confirmation about deleting the selected files.

6. Click Yes if you are sure to delete the selected files.

You have deleted the file from the Manage files of your Brightspace course page.

If the file has been linked to some module in the Content view it will be indicated by a Broken link warning in the module

To delete a folder from Manage files

1. Click on the [folder name] one level up (from where the to-be-deleted folder is located) in the left panel so it highlights in blue and it appears in the right side

Example: Week 1 folder needs to be deleted

2. Click the selectbox of the folder you want to delete
3. Click the Bin icon to delete the folder

A window pops out with a confirmation message about deleting the folder.

4. Click Yes if you are sure you want to delete the folder

You have now deleted a (sub)folder from your Manage Files in Brightspace. This action cannot be undone.

Now you know how to delete files and (sub)folders from Manage Files in Brightspace!