Sunsetting a Course is a natural step in the management of a Training Catalog. The process of doing so will depend on the status of several factors.

This Article will summarize the effects of deleting a Course - follow the steps below to make your decisions

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What happens when you delete a Course?
What to consider before deleting a Course.

What happens when you delete a Course?

Deleting a Course causes the following actions
1. All Completed Enrollment Records will be unaffected/ but will become inaccessible for review.
2. All Current / Overdue enrollment Users will no longer be able to access that Course
3. All Expired Enrollments will be Unaffected

This action cannot be undone.

What to consider before deleting a Course.

1. Does the Course need to be deleted?

- Could you edit it by changing/ updating the Learning Objects within it?
  - - If I were to replace a lesson and there are users who are "In Progress" and/or has not completed the lesson yet...will it wipe out their progress and make them start over again?
- Could you sunset it by restricting future Enrollments?
  - Set the Course options to restrict Self Enrollment
    - Admin >> Courses >> Course Options >> Restrict Self Enrollment
  - Remove from all Catalogs where it is shown
    - Admin >> Course Catalog >> Catalog options.
  - Delete all Automatic Group Enrollments
    - Admin >> Groups >> View / Modify Group Enrollments

2. Run an Activity Report to check enrollment statuses for your Users.

- Use the Reporting Tool to run and Activity Report for your chose Course.
  - Reports >> Activity Reports >> Create a New Report
- Analyze the results to determine your course of action.
- More details about Running Reports
  - - How to run a report

Follow the above steps to do your diligence before deleting a Course, and you can prepare a sound strategy for removing and sunsetting Courses across your LMS, for a seamless User Experience.