Deleting submissions

Sometimes you’ll want to remove a submission — a duplicate, a wrong upload, or one that’s failed and you don’t want to retry. This article covers both single and bulk deletion.

Deleting a single submission

1. Open the assessment.
2. In the submissions table, find the row.
3. Click the row’s actions menu and choose Delete.
4. Confirm in the dialog.

The submission, its marks, feedback, and any share link associated with it are removed immediately.

Deleting many submissions at once

1. Open the assessment.
2. Select the submissions you want to delete using the row checkboxes.
3. In the bulk action toolbar that appears, click Delete.
4. Confirm.

What gets deleted

• The submission file (the student’s uploaded work)
• All marks and feedback for that submission
• Any share link associated with it
• The submission’s entry in class-level insights

What stays

• The student record — deleting a submission doesn’t delete the student
• The assessment itself — only the submission is removed
• Other submissions in the same assessment

Will deletion refund the submission?

No — once a submission has been marked, the credit is spent regardless of later deletion. If a submission failed and wasn’t marked, no credit was used to begin with.

Need help?

Click the chat icon in the app or email connect@marking.ai.

FAQs

Can I undo a deletion?

Deletion is permanent. If you’ve deleted something by mistake, drop us a line at connect@marking.ai quickly — in some cases we can restore from backup.

What if a student uploaded twice and I want to keep the better one?

Review both submissions, decide which to keep, then delete the other.

Will the student notice if I delete a shared submission?

If the student opens their share link after deletion, they’ll see a “link not found” message. If you’ve already shared and want to remove access cleanly, revoke the link first.