Can't Remove Accidentally Created Sections

[kengo]

My name is Kengo Skorick and I'm a teacher using Canvas.  I've been struggling to resolve this issue since December without any luck and getting desperate.. Basically somehow I've accidentally created many new sections, but the option to exit from them uniquely does not present itself for me and me only (no "x"), therefore making it impossible to delete the redundant sections.  I'm stuck in a circular problem.  The result is as follows:

Would love to know what to do next..  Thank you very much in advance for anyone's time.

[ysmalls · Accepted solution]

Hi  @kengo ,

You can't delete the sections because you have users enrolled in them.  So first click on the first section and you will see the users enrolled in that sections.  Hover or the users name and you will see a red circle with a black X to "Remove User from Section:

Do that to all users until you have none left on that sections, now try to delete the section.

Hope this helps.  Have a great day.

[j_wilkie]

That won't work for this user as he won't have the red cross next to his name - it seems you can't delete yourself from sections (same issue as he reports in the original post but from a different part of canvas).

I am also trying to find a way more generally to remove myself from a section.

I wonder if both the OP's problem and mine could be resolved by having someone else with teacher access removing him/me from the wrong sections, thus emptying them and allowing the section to be deleted

[AmyM62]

Not a solution. As of 2024 you cannot remove YOURSELF, as a teacher, from a section. Why hasn't Canvas solved this???

[kengo]

Thank you Yaddira, 

I tried what you described and a spooky thing happens where just for my name (Kengo Skorick) the red dot never appears.  This was consistent with every section created, where only my name doesn't have the red dot, nor an "x".  Any thoughts?

[drake]

I have the same problem.