Deleting a code
A code never disappears on its own. Even after its time window closes, it stays in your Codes list (marked expired) with all of its data, until a teacher deletes it. Deleting is how you tidy up after a unit is finished, and it’s permanent: the code and everything recorded under it are gone for good.
How to delete codes
Section titled “How to delete codes”Deleting happens in the Codes list, and only there. There’s no delete button on a code’s edit page or statistics page.
- Open the Codes list.
- Tick the checkbox on each code you want to remove. The checkbox in the header selects every listed code at once.
- Select Delete Selected. The button shows how many codes you’ve picked.
- Confirm in the dialog that appears.
You can delete one code or many in the same step. Any teacher can delete any code, not only their own, so check the note and creator before you tick a row in a shared installation.
What is deleted with a code
Section titled “What is deleted with a code”Deleting a code removes the code and everything that was recorded under it:
- The link stops working immediately. Students who open it see an unknown-code message, and the code disappears from their recent-codes shortcuts.
- All conversations and quiz discussions under the code are deleted, including their transcripts.
- Saved student texts from a writing activity are deleted.
- For a coding activity, every personal key issued for the code is deleted, so any coding tool still using one stops working immediately.
- The code’s statistics page is gone, along with its interaction counts and per-student view.
Review the code’s statistics and read or copy anything you still need before you delete: there’s no way to open a deleted code’s conversations, saved texts, or statistics afterwards.
Deleting is permanent and per-code
Section titled “Deleting is permanent and per-code”There’s no undo and no recycle bin. Deletion also always applies to a whole code: you can’t remove a single student’s conversation or saved text while keeping the rest. If a code holds work you want to keep, keep the code.
If you only want students to stop using an activity, you don’t need to delete anything. Set an end time on the code instead: an expired code no longer opens for students, but its conversations and statistics stay readable for you.