Deleting contacts allows you to completely and permanently remove them and their information from your Brevo account. 

Should I delete or blocklist contacts?

Deleting a contact will remove all of their information stored on your Brevo account. This action is irreversible and all data will be permanently lost, including attributes, history, and other related information. Deleting contacts is only recommended for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance purposes, such as when a contact specifically requests that you delete their data.

On the other hand, blocklisting contacts is reversible and does not delete any data. If you have unengaged or invalid contacts, we recommend that you blocklist them to keep their data and protect the quality of your campaigns.

Delete contacts

There are two ways to delete contacts:

• You can delete one or several contacts from the Contacts page, or
• You can delete a single contact from their details page.

Delete one or several contacts from the Contacts page

1. Go to Contacts.
2. Search for contacts within All contacts, or select a list or a segment in the Load a list/segment tab.
   
3. Optional: segment your contacts by clicking + Add a filter and choosing one or several conditions.
4. Select the contacts that you want to delete:
   
   
   1. To select multiple individual contacts, select the checkboxes next to the contacts.
   2. To select all of the contacts on your current page, select the checkbox at the top left of the table.
   3. To select all of the contacts on your current list or database, select the checkbox at the top left of the table and click Select all contacts.
5. Click More actions > Delete permanently.
   
6. Enter the number of selected contacts to confirm.
   
7. Click Delete.

The contacts and their data have been permanently deleted from your Brevo account.