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// DELETES A LAYER GROUP, TRUE / FALSE DELETE GROUP CONTENTS
function deleteGroup(layerGroup, deleteContents) {
    if (layerGroup.typename == "LayerSet") {
        doc.activeLayer = layerGroup;
        var desc001 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref001 = new ActionReference();
        ref001.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );
        desc001.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref001 );
        desc001.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "deleteContained" ), deleteContents );
        executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Dlt " ), desc001, DialogModes.NO );
    }
}