When you delete a group, the users that are group members will not be deleted but they will lose security rights that were granted through the group.
Scenarios that Prevent Deletion
When you try to delete a group, the following scenarios prevent the deletion:
•If any record's Security page grants rights to the group (record-level security).
•If any User accounts specify the group as their Primary group.
•If the group is assigned to the Process Manager role of any active workflow rule.
•If the group is linked to any active workflow request (even if the group is not assigned to a Process Manager role).
What is Deleted
When you delete a group, the following associated data gets deleted:
•All rights assigned in the System Rights, Category Rights, and Tool Rights pages of the group account.
•Member list (not the user accounts).
•Default object view selections.
•Approval route stop members where this group was selected.
•Home Page copies created for the members of this group.
•Associated History records.
