How to delete contacts?

To keep your contacts list clean and up to date, you have the option to delete contacts individually or in bulk. By default, only Account owners and Administrators can delete contacts. However, users can be given access to this permission if required. See here for more info.

In this article:
How to delete an individual contact
How to delete contacts in bulk

How to delete an individual contact

Open the contact and click on the more options icon (three dots) → Delete contact.

Or...
1
Open the contact you want to delete → Edit.

2
Scroll to the bottom of the Contact info page → Delete contact.

3
Confirm by clicking on Delete in the pop-up window.

How to delete contacts in bulk

1
Select the appropriate contacts or organizations from any list view within the CRM → in the bulk update menu at the top → click on the bin icon.

2
Confirm by clicking on Delete in the pop-up window.

Note: If you have more contacts than the default number of contacts loaded in your settings, and you want to bulk update all of them, you can do so by clicking on the Select: all # contacts in filter link in the text that appears at the bottom of bulk update menu.

Notes:
  • To undo the deletion of a contact, go to the Activity page → find the activity and select Undo delete. You only have 24 hours to use the undo option.
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