In organizing and maintaining the Files section of your Canvas course, you may need to delete files and folders.
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This article will address the following information:
Deleting a Single File / Folder
- In the "Files" section of your course, click the three dots icon to the right of the item you wish to delete.
- Click the "Delete" button.

- A pop-up modal will appear where you will confirm the item deletion by click the red "Delete" button in the bottom-right corner of the box.

Deleting Multiple Files / Folders
- In the "Files" section of your course, click the checkbox to the left-hand side of each item you want to delete.
- Use the top-most checkbox to select all files / folders in the current list.
- Once your items are selected, click the trash icon in the top editor ribbon.

- A pop-up modal will appear where you will confirm the item deletions by click the red "Delete" button in the bottom-right corner of the box.

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