How to permanently delete a paper stored in the Turnitin repository

Please note that the Turnitin Technical Support team does not handle paper deletion requests. Please read through the information below for guidance on how to delete papers within your account.

This article provides administrators with guidance on how to delete a paper submitted to the Turnitin repository based on how the paper assignment was created. Please review the section relevant to you: 

Users accessing via Turnitin.com, Turnitinuk.com, or LTI integrations

Paper deletion requests are entirely self-managed within your institution using the automated paper deletion workflow available.

This streamlined process allows you to take control of the data privacy of your account without ever having to contact Turnitin, enabling you to delete your institutional papers quickly and efficiently from within your Turnitin administrator account. Guidance on how to do this can be found in this guide.

Administrators can also use the Manage Submissions tool to delete papers by searching for a submission or assignment ID. Please see further guidance on this here. 

Users accessing via Moodle Direct V2, Moodle Plagiarism Plugin, Canvas Plagiarism Framework, or deprecated integrations such as Blackboard Basic and Blackboard Direct

Administrators can use the Manage Submissions tool to delete papers by searching for a submission or assignment ID. This streamlined process allows you to take control of the data privacy of your account without ever having to contact Turnitin, enabling you to delete your institutional papers quickly and efficiently from within your Turnitin administrator account.

Guidance on how to do this can be found in this guide. 

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