Office 365

Deleting Office 365 Groups

Office 365 Group “owners” have the ability to delete a Group.  By default, the user that created a Group is its owner.  The Group owner has the option to assign other users as owners. If you delete a Group, the Group and all of its associated data are NOT recoverable.

How to delete a Group

Conenct to https://office.com through your web browser.  Select the “Mail” icon (circled in red below)

In the left hand navigation menu, select the Office 365 Group you wish to delete.  As a example, “ITS Office 365 Demo” is selected (circled in red below):

In the upper right corner, select the elipses (…) – circled in red below:

The menu will expand as shown below.  Select “Edit Group”:

The menu expands on the right hand of the screen.  Select “Delete Group” (circled in red below):

You will get a confirmation pop up screen.  Be sure to read the impacts of the Group deletion.

Click the checkbox saying you understand and click “Delete” (both circled in red below):