Answers.Body: <p>You use Find Contact or Advance Search to find all the contacts you want to delete.</p>
  <p>On the search list you can either select all or select contact you want to delete</p>
  <p>From the Actions drop-down you can choose Delete contact or Permanently delete contact.</p>
  <p>HTH</p>
  <p>Pradeep</p>
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Body: <p>i have customers who are now 6 years old, so due to data protection rules need to delete.</p>
  <p>I can delete an individual contact using the actions, but don't want to delete hundreds one by one.</p>
  <p>Is there any way i can select all contacts from a list and delete?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: wondering if adding GDPR extension gives any 'find contacts not active in X years' easy solution
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Comments.Text: As above - the GDPR extension allows you to define criteria and you can then 'Forget' contacts in bulk from the extension dashboard. May be worth looking into
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Title: how do i bulk delete contacts rather than deleting each one individually?
ThreadText: # how do i bulk delete contacts rather than deleting each one individually?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-04-24)
  
  i have customers who are now 6 years old, so due to data protection rules need to delete.
  
  I can delete an individual contact using the actions, but don't want to delete hundreds one by one.
  
  Is there any way i can select all contacts from a list and delete?
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: wondering if adding GDPR extension gives any 'find contacts not active in X years' easy solution  
  > **username_2**: As above - the GDPR extension allows you to define criteria and you can then 'Forget' contacts in bulk from the extension dashboard. May be worth looking into  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2024-04-24. Score: 0
  
  You use Find Contact or Advance Search to find all the contacts you want to delete.
  
  On the search list you can either select all or select contact you want to delete
  
  From the Actions drop-down you can choose Delete contact or Permanently delete contact.
  
  HTH
  
  Pradeep
  
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