# Open, closed and archived: what each cohort status changes

> The three statuses a cohort can have, what each one really does, and the special case of the default cohort.

## What you will get

Knowing what happens when you change a cohort's status — and what does **not**
happen, which is the part that surprises people.

![Cohorts list with one open, one closed, and the default cohort without a delete button](/Apps/edupay/ajuda/turmas-lista.png)
*Look at the third row: **Turma Geral** carries the **Padrão** tag and, in the actions column, has no **Excluir**.*

## What each status does

| Status | What changes |
|---|---|
| **Open** | The cohort is offered when you create an enrolment |
| **Closed** | The cohort leaves the picker on the enrolment |
| **Archived** | Exactly the same as **Closed** |

**Closed and Archived do the same thing.** The system only tells "open" from
"not open"; the difference between the two is your own filing, to separate the
cohort that ended this year from one that ended five years ago.

## What none of the three does

Changing the status touches nothing beyond the picker:

- **It does not remove students from the cohort's list.** The list stays as it
  is.
- **It does not end enrolments.** Enrolments pointing at that cohort stay active.
- **It does not stop charging.** Instalments keep being created and falling due.
- **It does not remove the student from the class environment.**

Closing a cohort is a tidying gesture, not a financial operation.

## The default cohort

One cohort per school can carry the **Default** tag. It comes pre-set on **Turma
Geral**, created along with the account.

What the tag does today: **it blocks deletion.** Its row on the list has no
**Delete** button, and trying by another route answers **Cannot delete the
default cohort.**

Marking another cohort as default unmarks the previous one automatically,
without asking.

## Deleting a cohort

Only the school owner can delete. The same caution as offerings applies:
deletion does not check whether enrolments point at that cohort, and there is no
undo from the screen.

**Closing solves it almost every time.** Save deletion for the cohort created by
mistake.

## How you know it worked

> [certo]
> After closing, create a test enrolment and look at the cohort list: the closed
> one is no longer there. Nothing else needs to change — and it is precisely
> because nothing else changes that closing is safe.

## If something goes wrong

> [erro]
> **You closed the cohort and the charges keep coming.** That is how the system
> behaves. Charging is settled through the enrolment.
>
> **You cannot find the Delete button on a cohort.** Either it is the default
> cohort, or you are on the team — deleting belongs to the account's owner.
>
> **The cohort disappeared from the list.** Check the **Status** filter at the
> top of the screen; under **All statuses** they all appear.


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https://edupay.estudiosite.com/en/ajuda/day-to-day/cohort-statuses
2026-08-05