Manage Old Google Classrooms Classes

When you’re done 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 continue to see 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 see it with your active classes on the Classes page.
• You and your students can view 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.
• 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 view, 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 shows in your Google Calendar.

Archive a class

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. On the class card, click More Archive.

   

3. Click Archive to confirm.

Restore a class

When you restore an archived class, you see the class card again with your current classes. You can use its posts, assignments, comments, and materials again.

1. 1. Go to classroom.google.com.
   2. At the top, click Menu .

      

   3. Scroll down and click Archived Classes.

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

      

   4. On the class card, click More Restore.
   5. Click Restore to confirm.

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.
2. At the top, click Menu .

   

3. Scroll down and click Archived classes.

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

   

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

Unenroll/remove your students

If you would like to keep your class active after the class has finished, you can unenroll you students so the class does not appear on their main Google Classroom page. Removing a student from your class removes their grades from the gradebook and they won't see your assignments in Classroom. However, their work remains in the class folder in Google Drive and their posts remain in the class stream.

1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the classPeople.

   

3. Check the box next to the students you want to remove.
4. At the top, click ActionsRemove.

   

5. Click Remove to confirm.