Delete a Group

Delete a group name or category if you no longer need it to organize your contacts. This action removes the group option from your audience and its related Mailchimp-hosted signup forms.

In this article, you'll learn how to delete a group name or group category from your audience.

Before you start

Here are some things to know before you begin this process.

• Audience actions are permanent and can't be undone.
• Make sure you’re familiar with how group names and categories work in Mailchimp. To learn more, check out Getting Started with Groups.
• When you delete a group name or category, its contacts remain in your audience. To remove contacts from your audience, you’ll need to archive or delete them.
• Before you can delete a group, you'll need to remove it as the recipient of any draft or ongoing campaigns.
• Deleting a group changes the bit number for all subsequent groups. Make sure to refresh the embedded form code after deleting a group.

Delete group name

To delete a single option (group name) from a complete group (group category), follow these steps.

1. Click Audience.
   
2. Click Audience dashboard.
   
3. If you have more than one audience, click the Current audience drop-down and choose the one you want to work with.
4. Click the Manage Audience drop-down and choose Manage contacts.
5. Click Groups.
6. Click the View Groups button for the group category you want to edit.
7. Locate the group name you want to remove, and click Delete.
   
8. In the Are you sure? modal, type DELETE in the field provided to confirm that you want to permanently delete the group, and click Delete Group.
   

Delete group category

To delete a complete group (group category) along with its options (group names), follow these steps.

1. Click Audience.
   
2. Click Audience dashboard.
   
3. If you have more than one audience, click the Current audience drop-down and choose the one you want to work with.
4. Click the Manage Audience drop-down and choose Manage contacts.
5. Click Groups.
6. Locate the group category you want to remove, and click Delete.
   
7. In the Are you sure? modal, type DELETE in the field provided to confirm that you want to permanently delete the group, and click Delete Groups.