---
type: source
title: "Moodle: Removing Course Participants"
tags: [moodle, teaching, administration]
related: [moodle, selbsteinschreibung, course-participant-removal]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium_lehre_moodle_anleitungen_fuer_lehrende_kurs.md"]
---

# Moodle: Removing Course Participants

This source provides a step-by-step guide for teaching staff at the Universität Greifswald on how to remove participants from a Moodle course.

## Key Procedures

### Bulk Removal via Enrollment Methods
The most efficient way to remove multiple participants is to delete the associated enrollment method:
1. Navigate to the course in the browser.
2. Go to **Administration** $\rightarrow$ **Users** $\rightarrow$ **Enrollment methods**.
3. Click the delete symbol (X) next to the desired enrollment method.
4. All participants linked to that specific method are automatically removed.

### Manual Removal
Participants added manually must be removed individually, which increases administrative effort.

## Critical Warnings
- **Avoid deleting the "Manual Enrollment" method**: Doing so may remove the instructor's own administrative permissions for the course.
- **Self-Lockout**: Instructors must ensure they do not remove their own user account from the enrollment list.

## Recommendations
The URZ recommends using [[selbsteinschreibung]] (Self-Enrollment), optionally with an enrollment key, to simplify the process of adding and removing participants.
