Delete a room or recording

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Delete video rooms and recordings when they are no longer needed. Some actions are blocked depending on the room's current state — for example, you cannot delete a room while a session is live, or while recordings still exist. This article covers each scenario and the steps to resolve it.

Before you get started

  • You must have an Admin or Moderator role to delete rooms and recordings.
  • Both room deletion and recording deletion are permanent and cannot be undone.
  • These steps apply to scheduled video sessions, instant drop-in calls, and webinars.

Room actions while a session is live

While a session is actively running, the Cancel Room and Delete Room options are disabled in the three-dot menu (⋮). Edit Room shows "Room started already," Cancel Room shows "Cannot cancel while live," and Delete Room shows "Cannot delete while live."

To access cancel or delete options, end the session first by clicking Leave in the call toolbar and selecting End for Everyone.

The three-dot menu while a session is live showing Edit Room disabled with Room started already, Cancel Room disabled with Cannot cancel while live, and Delete Room disabled with Cannot delete while live
All room actions are restricted while the session is live

Delete a room that has recordings

If a room has one or more recordings, the Delete Room option is disabled and shows "Delete recordings first." You must delete all recordings before you can delete the room.

  1. On the room detail page, click the three-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner.
  2. If the room has recordings, Delete Room is greyed out with the message "Delete recordings first."
  3. Delete all recordings from the Recordings tab. See Manage recordings for the full steps.
  4. Once all recordings are removed, return to the three-dot menu — Delete Room is now active.
The three-dot menu showing Edit Room and Cancel Room available, and Delete Room disabled with Delete recordings first message
Delete Room is disabled when the room still has recordings
The three-dot menu showing Edit Room, Cancel Room, and Delete Room all available, with Delete Room in red
Delete Room is active once all recordings have been removed

Delete a room

Once the session has ended and all recordings have been removed, you can permanently delete the room.

  1. On the room detail page, click the three-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner.
  2. Click Delete Room.
  3. A confirmation dialog warns that this action cannot be undone — the room, its recordings, discussions, polls, and every registration will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.
  4. Type the room's name to confirm deletion.
  5. Click Delete room permanently. To cancel, click Cancel.
The Delete room permanently confirmation dialog showing a warning that this action cannot be undone, the room name, a text field requiring the room name to confirm, and Delete room permanently and Cancel buttons
The Delete room permanently confirmation dialog

Cancel a room

Cancelling a room marks it as cancelled without deleting it. The room remains visible but participants can no longer join.

  1. On the room detail page, click the three-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner.
  2. Click Cancel Room.

Delete a recording

You can delete individual recordings from the recording playback page.

  1. Navigate to the room detail page and click the Recordings tab.
  2. Click View Session on the recording you want to delete.
  3. On the recording page, click Delete.
  4. A confirmation dialog warns that this action is irreversible — the recording, its comments, views, and all associated data will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.
  5. Type "I confirm" in the text field.
  6. Click Delete recording permanently. To cancel, click Cancel.
The Delete recording permanently confirmation dialog showing a warning that this action is irreversible, the recording name, a text field requiring I confirm, and Delete recording permanently and Cancel buttons
The Delete recording permanently confirmation dialog

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