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Imported Group Cannot be Removed or Deleted in Okta

Lifecycle Management
Okta Classic Engine
Okta Identity Engine

Overview

This article addresses the situation in which a group imported from an external directory source cannot be removed.

Applies To

  • Lifecycle Management
  • Groups

Solution

If a previously imported group no longer exists within the environment, it cannot be deleted via the Okta Admin Console.

To remove the group, an Admin must use an API call to delete the group.

Groups

Groups

 

The Groups API collection can be imported into Postman and the operation can be run to delete the entry.

For more information, review the related references below.

Related References

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