Canvas: Delete a Canvas Sandbox site

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Overview

Canvas is Oregon State University's Learning Management System. An owner of a Canvas Sandbox site can delete the Sandbox site if they no longer want the Sandbox site to appear in their list of courses. This action cannot be reversed and the site data cannot be recovered once the Sandbox site is deleted.  It is strongly recommended that you download an export of the site content before deleting if you wish to retain the content.  You will be asked for confirmation twice to ensure this is not done accidentally.

Delete a Sandbox Site

  1. Log into Canvas at http://canvas.oregonstate.edu
  2. Click the Account button and then the Settings link in the upper-left corner of the Canvas screen
  3. Click the My Sandbox Sites link on the upper left side of your Settings page
  4. Click Modify in the row corresponding to the site you wish to modify
  5. Verify that the Sandbox site name that you wish to delete is appended to the "Enrollment options for" sentence in the first box that appears to the right of the Studio site list
  6. Click Delete Site in the last box that appears to the right of the Sandbox site list
  7. Click OK in the first pop-out dialog box that appears to provide the first confirmation that you wish to delete the Sandbox site
  8. Click OK in the second pop-out dialog box that appears to provide the second, and final, confirmation that you wish to delete the Sandbox site

It is possible for an action to fail due to the session timing out or becoming invalid in some other fashion.  Whenever you experience an unexpected failure, navigate away from the tool and return.  If the action still fails, contact support for further assistance.

Still have questions?

If you questions about this topic or related topics, please use one of the following methods to contact the Canvas team at Oregon State:

  • Add a comment/question to this article using the tools below the article
  • Send an email to Canvas@oregonstate.edu

 

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Article ID: 80692
Created
Wed 6/12/19 4:50 PM
Modified
Wed 5/15/24 2:54 PM

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