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How to bulk delete groups using Okta Workflows?

This guide will teach you how to bulk delete groups using Okta Workflows.

Bulk delete groups

The automation has two flows and one table:

• Groups to delete – table — populate this with the IDs of the groups you want to delete
• List groups to delete — the main flow that reads the table and kicks off deletion for each group
• Delete group — a helper flow that deletes one group at a time

Flow 1: List groups to delete

This flow reads all rows from the Groups to delete – table and calls the helper flow once for each group ID.

  How the flow works

1. The Table-Search Rows card reads all rows from the Groups to delete table and returns them as a list.
2. The List-For Each card iterates over the list and calls the Delete group helper flow once per row, passing the Group ID.

Flow 2: Delete group

This helper flow is called by the List groups to delete flow for each row. It receives
a Group ID and deletes that group from Okta.

How the flow works

1. The Helper Flow card receives the Group ID from the calling flow
2. The Okta-Delete Group card deletes the group from your org

Table: Group IDs to delete

The table with two group IDs to delete:

Download the flow

• Download the flow.

Before you run the flow

• The List-For Each card runs with a concurrency of 1, so groups are deleted one at a time. It keeps the flow predictable and avoids API rate limits.
• The Okta-Delete Group card works on groups of type OKTA_GROUP or APP_GROUP only.
• Groups managed by an app integration cannot be deleted this way.

Related Okta Workflows guides

• How to Delete All Rows in a Google Sheets Spreadsheet using Okta Workflows.
• How to Delete Multiple Table Rows.

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