Deleting All Questions in a Question Bank Category

Questions in a Question Bank category, and in all subcategories of that category, can be deleted in bulk for quick organization of the Question Bank.

This article details the process for deleting all questions in a Question Bank category.

Deleting Questions in Bulk

The questions to delete must be placed into a category or subcategory of the Question Bank to enable bulk selection.  Follow the instructions in the "Adding a Question to a Question Bank Category" article to add the questions to a category.

To delete all questions in a category:

1. In the course menu at the top of the main Moodle course page, select the More tab.
2. In the drop-down menu that appears, select the Question bank option.
3. In the Question bank page, set the Category filter to the category that contains the questions to delete.
4. Enable Also show questions from subcategories using the checkbox.
5. At the bottom-right corner of the filter conditions, click the Apply filters button.
6. Select the Show all option to display all questions in the category.
7. At the top-left corner of the questions list, click the checkbox to select all questions.
8. With all questions selected, at the bottom of the page, click the With selected button.
9. In the pop-up menu that appears, select the Delete option.
10. In the following page, click the Delete button.

This will delete every question available on the first page in the list, and inside of any subcategories of that parent category, if applicable.

Any questions that are currently being used a Quiz will not be removed and will instead be hidden from the Question Bank menu, but they are still available and can be reused.

Additional Resources

Organizing Question Bank Categories in Moodle (DELTA Knowledge Base)

Creating Question Bank Categories in Moodle (DELTA Knowledge Base)

Adding a Question to a Question Bank Category (DELTA Knowledge Base)

Adding Questions to a Quiz (DELTA Knowledge Base)

For additional assistance, please contact the LearnTech Help Desk at learntech@ncsu.edu or (919) 513-7094, or via the Get Help form on the DELTA Knowledge Base.