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How do I delete a person?

Shows how to completely delete a person.

Updated over 3 weeks ago

You will need Full Write People and Profile Deactivate permissions to perform this action.

Version 7

You can find the person you need to unarchive by typing their name into the top search bar in the upper right of the screen.

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Go to "Contacts" in the left-hand navigation menu. Click on "Filter" and type in the name.

Once you find the person, click on their name to open the profile. Click on the blue "Actions" button in the upper right area, and select "Delete."

In addition to just removing that person profile, you can delete the entire family connected to that profile. You would choose "Delete family?" in which all family members in this person's primary family would be deleted as well.

Note: You understand that by deleting profiles, you are indicating these people DO NOT have any involvement at your church and all their data can be completely deleted. This action CANNOT be undone.

Helpful Tips

  • You cannot delete yourself.

  • There must always be at least one super user in the system. As such, you cannot delete the last super user.

  • When deleting a super user, search queries, email templates, and resource requests will be reassigned to the super user deleting the profile.


Version 6

Note: You understand that by deleting profiles, you are indicating these people DO NOT have any involvement at your church and all their data can be completely deleted. This action CANNOT be undone.

To delete a person, navigate to their profile. In the upper right corner, click on "Actions > Delete person..."

Helpful Tips

  • You cannot delete yourself.

  • There must always be at least one super user in the system. As such, you cannot delete the last super user.

  • When deleting a super user, search queries, email templates, and resource requests will be reassigned to the super user deleting the profile.

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