deleting files in a canvas course

[dcurry]

Is there a way to "clean up" the files in a course?  I want to delete all of the unnecessary files but don't want to do this one file at a time.  Too time-consuming.  Or is there a way to delete all of the files and then rebuild the files that  I want in a current course?  This would make copying to next year much easier.

[jerry_nguyen · Accepted solution]

@dcurry 

You can open the "Files" section, hold Shift (or CRTL) to select multiple files

To restore a file that you have deleted, you can go to https://yourschool.instructure.com/courses/(course  ID)/undelete

[jerry_nguyen · Accepted solution]

@dcurry 

You can open the "Files" section, hold Shift (or CRTL) to select multiple files

To restore a file that you have deleted, you can go to https://yourschool.instructure.com/courses/(course  ID)/undelete

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@dcurry ...

If you are not a Canvas admin at your school, have a conversation with them to ask about possibly purchasing a product from Cidi Labs called "TidyUP".  It does exactly what you want...cleans up unused files and folders in your course...along with course content pages.  In my former role as a Canvas admin in higher ed, we purchased this product, and it really helped when I was doing course builds.  Here's a link to their site:

TidyUP for Canvas File and Page Cleanup | Cidi Labs

Hope this might help a bit.