An AEM project (i.e. Myproject) has been deleted. What would happen to the groups (Myproject Owners. Myproject Editors and Wyproject Observers) associated with the deleted project?

Question

Options

• AThese groups will be marked as disabled and only visible to administrators.
• BThese groups will remain in AEM until the instance is restarted.
• CThese groups will remain in AEM and require manual deletion by administrators.
• DThese groups win be deleted immediately upon project deletion.

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  91% (41)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

When an AEM project is deleted, its associated user groups are orphaned but not removed - they persist in the repository under /home/groups and must be manually cleaned up by an administrator. Option A is wrong because AEM has no built-in "disabled" state for groups tied to project deletion. Option B is wrong because group persistence has nothing to do with instance restarts; they remain indefinitely, not just until the next restart. Option D is wrong because AEM does not cascade-delete groups on project deletion - group lifecycle is managed independently from project lifecycle by design, allowing groups to potentially be reused or audited.

Memory tip: Think of AEM groups as tenants who outlive their lease - deleting the project (the building) doesn't automatically evict the groups (the tenants); someone has to manually remove them.

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