Deleting a group with the Domino® Administrator or the Web Administrator

Follow these steps to use the Administration Process to delete a group from the Domino® Directory and from database ACLs and Extended ACLs. If the server is running Active Directory and contains a group account for this group, you can delete that group account, too.

About this task

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.

Note: You can also delete a group from the Tools panel using Groups > Delete.

To delete a group using the Domino® Administrator

About this task

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.

Procedure

  1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the People & Groups tab.
  2. Select the name of the group you are deleting.
  3. Click Delete Group and click Yes to continue.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Click OK.

To delete a group using the Web Administrator

About this task

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.

Procedure

  1. From the Web Administrator, click the People & Groups tab.
  2. Select the name of the group you are deleting.
  3. Click Tools > Groups > Delete.
  4. Choose any of these options on the Delete Groups dialog box.
    Table 1. Delete Groups options
    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.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click Close.