Archive or delete a class

This article is for teachers.

When you've finished teaching a class, you can archive it. When a class is archived, it's archived for all students and teachers in the class. If you don't archive a class, students and teachers in the class will continue to find it on their Classes page.

Teachers and co-teachers can archive a class, but only the primary teacher can delete a class. Students can't archive or delete a class.

What happens to an archived class?

• It's placed in a separate area to preserve the class materials, student work and posts. You won't find it with your active classes on the Classes page.
• You and your students can find an archived class. To use the class again, you have to restore it.
• You and your students can still access any class materials in Google Drive. That includes any attachments for assignments or other student work.
• Students can't unenrol from an archived class. This can limit how students can manage the classes they've finished taking.
• The class calendar remains in your Google Calendar and in your students' calendars. If you no longer need the class, you can remove its calendar from the display, or delete it permanently. For instructions, go to Delete or unsubscribe from a calendar.

  Note: An archived class stays in Classroom until you delete it. That's why an archived class's calendar still appears in your Google Calendar.

Archive or restore a class

Delete a class

When you decide you'll never use a class again, you can delete it permanently. You have to archive a class before you can delete it. Only the primary teacher can delete a class. Co-teachers can't delete a class.

To delete an archived class:

1. Go to classroom.google.com and click Sign in.

   Sign in with your Google Account. For example, [email protected] or [email protected]. Learn more.

2. Optional: To expand the navigation drawer, at the top left, click Menu .
3. Scroll down and click Archived classes .

4. Note: If you haven't archived any classes, this option won't be in the menu.​

5. On the class card, click More Delete.
6. Click Delete to confirm.

Tip: To minimise the menu to a collapsed version, at the top left, click Menu .

Related articles

• Transfer ownership of a class
• Reorder your class cards
• Copy a class 
• Unenrol from a class