Delete graded student work
Updated 19 September 2026
The three controls
- One paper
- Open it in Review and delete it there. Best when a test page or a duplicate scan got in by mistake.
- A selection
- Tick the papers you want and delete them together. Anything that is not yours is simply not matched, so a stray selection cannot reach another account.
- Everything matching the filter
- Filter Review down to a class, an assignment or a student, then delete the lot. This is the end-of-term route, and it is worth reading the filter twice before using it.
Where the retention policy lives
How long work is kept when you do not delete it yourself is a policy question rather than a task, and it is published in full on the retention page rather than restated here, so there is only ever one version of it to keep current.
What this will not do
A delete is permanent. No bin, no undo, no support-side recovery. Export the CSV first if you need the numbers after the work is gone.
It does not give you graded items back. The allowance counts grading that was done, not storage used. Deleting last month’s papers does not buy you more grading.
Deleting a class is not deleting the work. The sheets survive and lose their class tag. Archiving a student behaves the same way: the student is hidden and their papers are untagged, not removed.
A link already emailed to a student keeps working. A marked worksheet you sent carries a private link to that one paper. Deleting the paper is what takes the link away with it, so delete the paper rather than expecting the link to lapse on its own.
Common questions
How do I delete a graded paper?
Open it in Review and delete it from the paper itself. For more than one, select the papers you want and delete the selection, or delete everything matching the filter you are currently looking at, which is the route to take when you want a whole class or a whole assignment gone at the end of a term.
What gets deleted with the paper?
The paper row and the page images stored with it, and any previous grades kept for it, which are attached to the paper and go when it goes. The class, the student and the assignment are not touched: they are separate things that the paper was tagged to.
Can I undo a delete?
No. There is no bin and no restore for a deleted paper. Restore in Review brings back a previous grade on a paper that still exists; it cannot bring back a paper that does not.
Does deleting a class delete the work?
No, and the confirmation says so before you agree: the graded sheets are kept and simply lose the class tag. Archiving a student is gentler still, hiding them and untagging their papers rather than removing anything. If you want the work gone, delete the papers.
Do deleted papers free up graded items?
No. The count is of grading that was done, not of papers currently stored, so deleting work does not return items to your allowance.
Can another teacher see my students’ work?
No. Every read and every delete is scoped to the account that owns the paper, so a paper can only be opened or removed by the teacher whose account it is under. The one exception is a marked worksheet you have emailed to a student, which carries a private link to that single paper.
How do I have my whole account and everything in it removed?
Ask us and it is done in one go: papers, classes, rosters, assignments and usage records together. Write in from the address on the account.
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