If the server is running Active Directory and contains a group account for this group, you can delete that group account, too.

Deleting auto-populated groups

When you attempt to delete an auto-populated group with one or more subgroups, a warning message displays advising that you are deleting an auto-populated group with subgroups and asking if you want to continue. If you choose Yes, the groups are deleted. When you delete an auto-populated group with one or more subgroups the administration process requests for deleting a group are generated individually for each group and subgroup.

If you attempt to delete an auto-generated subgroup, a message displays indicating that you must delete the parent group.

To delete a group with the Domino Administrator

1. To delete a group, you must have at least Author with delete documents access and the GroupModifier role, or Editor access to the Domino Directory.

2. From the Domino Administrator, click the People & Groups tab.

3. Select the name of the group you are deleting.

4. Click Delete Group and click Yes to continue.

5. If the server is running Active Directory, Domino prompts you to delete the corresponding group account from the Microsoft® Windows® domain. Click Yes to delete the group account.

6. Select one of the following:

• Yes - to immediately delete all references to the group in this replica of the Domino Directory.
• No - to post a "Delete in Address Book" request in the Administration Requests database and have the Administration Process delete references to the group in the Domino Directory, and database ACLs and Extended ACLs.
• Cancel - to cancel the request entirely.

Tip You can also delete a group from the Tools panel using Groups - Delete.

To delete a group with the Web Administrator

1. To delete a group, you must have at least Author with delete documents access and the GroupModifier role, or Editor access to the Domino Directory.

2. From the Web Administrator, click the People & Groups tab.

3. Select the name of the group you are deleting.

4. Click Tools - Groups - Delete.

5. Choose any of these options on the Delete Groups dialog box.

Field	Action
Delete group from this Directory immediately.	Click this check box to immediately delete all references to this group in this replica of the Domino Directory. If you do not choose this option, a "Delete in Address Book" request is posted in the Administrator Requests database and the Administration Process deletes references to the group in the Domino Directory, database ACLs, and Extended ACLs.
Delete the groups Windows domain account.	Click this check box to delete the group's corresponding Microsoft® Windows® domain account if one exists.

6. Click OK.

7. Click Close.

Related topics

Managing groups

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