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Can I delete a student's submission from Canvas?
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Hi Jennifer,
Currently, you cannot delete a submission from an assignment in Canvas. What you can do is open the assignment back up just for that student and have them re-submit.
Here is a guide that describes how to assign an assignment to a specific student:
Hi Jennifer,
Currently, you cannot delete a submission from an assignment in Canvas. What you can do is open the assignment back up just for that student and have them re-submit.
Here is a guide that describes how to assign an assignment to a specific student:
Hello there @jpate1 Welcome to the Canvas Community. Thank you for posting your question. This past April I helped reply to a very similar question found at DELETING STUDENT SUBMISSIONS. My feedback in that thread still applies today. I hope that it will help to answer your question. Please sing out if you have any additional questions about this...thanks!
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