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Delete group names or categories you no longer need 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 cannot be undone.
  • Familiarize yourself with how group names and categories work in Mailchimp. To learn more, check out Getting Started with Groups.
  • Contacts remain in your audience when you delete a group name or category. To remove contacts, you must archive or delete them.
  • Remove the group as a recipient from any draft or ongoing campaigns before deletion.
  • Deleting a group changes the bit number for all subsequent groups.
  • Refresh your embedded form code after you delete 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. If you have more than 1 audience, click the Audience drop-down and choose the one you want to work with.
  3. Click the More options drop-down, then choose Groups.
  4. Locate the group category you want to update, then click View group.
  5. Click the Actions drop-down for the group option you want to remove, then choose Delete.
  6. In the Are you sure? modal, type DELETE in the field provided to confirm the permanent deletion, then click Delete.

Delete group category

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

  1. Click Audience.
  2. If you have more than 1 audience, click the Audience drop-down and choose the one you want to work with.
  3. Click the More options drop-down, then choose Groups.
  4. Click the View group drop-down for the group category you want to remove, then choose Delete.
  5. In the Are you sure? modal, type DELETE in the field provided to confirm the permanent deletion, then click Delete.

Delete an Audience

It's possible to delete a Mailchimp audience, but we don't always recommend it. Learn more about permanently deleting an audience from your account.