{"id":50000,"date":"2026-10-30T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/kb-2026-additional\/how-to-delete-a-shift-group-safely"},"modified":"2026-11-02T10:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T08:48:31","slug":"how-to-delete-a-shift-group-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/how-to-delete-a-shift-group-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete a Shift Group Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A shift group is the scheduling container that holds one or more shift definitions and determines how its workers are planned. Deleting a group is therefore different from deleting one shift inside it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this option for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use this action only when an entire group is obsolete. Because workers and historical assignments can reference the group, investigate those dependencies before attempting deletion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A saved group is visible in Shifts and Groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify all workers assigned to the group and decide where they should be reassigned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the controls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<dt><strong>Delete Group<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Group-level action shown in the group editor.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Confirmation<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>The dialog identifies the group by name; verify it before approving.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Shifts in Group<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>The definitions associated with the group, which may have dependencies.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-step instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Shifts and Groups and choose the group to remove.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read Group Data and the Shifts in Group list to confirm you selected the correct team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review Workers for employees currently assigned to this group; reassign them where appropriate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Return to the group editor and select Delete Group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read the confirmation dialog, including the group name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm the deletion only after verifying there are no unintended operational dependencies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Return to Shifts and Groups and inspect whether the group still appears.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>[SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER \u2014 Add an authentic screenshot of this ATS Cloud screen. No image, worker identity or sample data has been fabricated.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The interface calls the group deletion API and, on success, returns to the group list. A failure is shown as a notification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do not assume that deleting a group also safely reassigns existing workers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shift group is the scheduling container that holds one or more shift definitions and determines how its workers are planned. Deleting a group is therefore different from deleting one shift inside it.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shift-groups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50000"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50099,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50000\/revisions\/50099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}