Wiki source code of Delete a Group

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1 Deleting a [[group>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.group.WebHome]] needs the Admin right on the wiki.
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3 1. Open the [[wiki administration>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.base.content-organization.administer-wiki.WebHome]] and go to "Users & Rights" > "Groups".
4 1. Click "Delete" in the row of the group:(((
5 {{image reference="delete-group-action.png" size="extra" alt="The Delete action in the Actions column of a group row, next to the Edit action, on the Groups screen of the wiki administration"/}}
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7 1. The dialog names the group it is about to delete. Check it is the one you mean, then click "Delete":(((
8 {{image reference="delete-group-confirmation.png" size="large" alt="The Delete group dialog box stating that the group XWiki.Editors will be deleted, above its Cancel and Delete buttons"/}}
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10 {{info}}
11 The members are not deleted with the group: every user and every subgroup it held keeps its own Page. Delete the ones you also want gone from the [[users>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.user.WebHome]] list and from this one.
12 {{/info}}
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14 1. The group has left the list:(((
15 {{image reference="group-deleted.png" size="extra" alt="The groups list of the wiki after the deletion, no longer holding the row of the group that was deleted"/}}
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