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A student submitted a paper to the wrong assignment. Is there a way to delete the incorrect submission?
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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.
https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-9973-4152101242
There are a couple of feature requests that address this issue and might provide more insight:
https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/1293
https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/1124-submit-an-assignment-on-behalf-of-a-student
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Good evening, @NicoleSimmons ...
Unfortunately, I don't think deleting a student's work that was submitted to the wrong assignment is possible. Students can now re-submit the assignment, but I assume that is not what you are asking about. How do I limit submission attempts for an assignme... - Instructure Community
The Feature Idea that you will want to follow is: Move or Delete Incorrectly Submitted Assignments - Instructure Community. Feel free to "rate" that Feature Idea and also leave a comment so that Instructure engineers know why something like this would be important to you within Canvas.
Sorry that I don't have better news for you at this time, but I hope this has helped to answer your question.