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title: "Cancelling a Session"
slug: "cancelling-a-session"
updated: 2022-02-23T22:37:27Z
published: 2022-02-23T22:37:27Z
canonical: "support.smarteru.com/cancelling-a-session"
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# Cancelling a Session

## Who Has Access

The following users can cancel a session:

- Users with the [Group Manager](/v1/docs/group-permission-group-manager-gm) group permission.
- Instructors with the [Instructor Cancel Sessions](/v1/docs/account-permission-instructor-cancel-sessions) account permission.
- [Course managers](/v1/docs/course-course-managers).
- [Administrators or owners](/v1/docs/user-profile-information#access-level).

## Cancelling a Session

You may cancel sessions from either the [Course Dashboard](/v1/docs/courses-dashboard) or [ILT Attendance Dashboard](/v1/docs/ilt-attendance-dashboard).

To cancel an instructor-led session:

1. From Admin menu, select **Course Admin.**
2. Select **Courses** or **ILT Attendance**.
3. [View the session](/v1/docs/viewing-sessions) you would like to cancel.
4. Click **Remove**.

![Remove Button](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/cancelling-a-session-image-piu79vn1.png)

If no learners are enrolled in the session, the Remove Session window displays. Click **Confirm**.

![Remove Session](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/cancelling-a-session-image-bjmocpbw.png)

If learners are enrolled in the session, the Cancel Session window displays. Continue to step 5.

![Cancel Session](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/cancelling-a-session-image-iwjxohgy.png)

1. In the **Cancellation Reason** field, you may enter a reason for why the session is being canceled.
2. To send a cancellation email to learners enrolled in the session and the session's instructors, check **Send Cancellation Email to Learners and Instructors**.
3. To include the cancelation reason that you entered in the email, check **Include Cancellation Reason in Email**.
4. Click **Confirm**.

Users who were enrolled in the session or were on the session's waiting list will be moved to the [course waiting list if it is enabled](/v1/docs/instructor-led-course-main#enable-waiting-list-for-this-course). You can view these users on the [ILT Waiting Lists Dashboard](/v1/docs/ilt-waiting-lists-dashboard).

## Related

- [Adding a Session](/adding-a-session.md)
- [Courses Dashboard](/courses-dashboard.md)
- [Editing a Session](/editing-a-session.md)
- [ILT Attendance Dashboard](/ilt-attendance-dashboard.md)
- [Viewing Sessions](/viewing-sessions.md)