How to delete a Facebook group
Although there is no obvious “delete group” button on Facebook, it is extremely easy to do so. Here’s how.
Last month I wrote about two gay students who were outed by a Facebook privacy loophole. For the purpose of that post, I created a Facebook group, called David Hasselhoff Closet Admirers, so I could get some screenshots. I certainly had no intentions of keeping the group going once I had what I needed (I’m no fan of Hoffy, I swear), so the next step was to delete the group.
Uh … but how?
There is no obvious way to delete a group. No big red ABORT button. Not even a hidden little “delete group” option. Nothing. With that said, it is super easy to delete a Facebook group.
Here’s how:
First, you need to remove all members of the group (but don’t remove yourself just yet!). There is no way to remove multiple members at one time, so if you have a lot of people in your group, it will take some time. Thankfully, my group didn’t become an overnight success, so I only had two members to remove. To remove a member, click on your group’s About tab, and then on the little gear button under the person’s name. From here, select Remove from Group.
A window will open that asks whether you’re sure you want to remove the member from the group. Click on Confirm.
Repeat for each member until you are the only one remaining.
Now, you just need to remove yourself. When you do so, a window will open that warns you that if you leave the group, it will be deleted. Click on Delete group.
Facebook will automatically delete a group that has no members. Note, however, that if you are not the creator of the group – even if you’re the only admin remaining – you will not be able to delete it unless the creator has voluntarily left the group.
That’s it! Once all members, including yourself, have been removed, the group no longer exists.
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Facebook is for tards that have way to much time on their hands.It’s as useless as Twitter.
I find your use of the term “‘tard” extremely offensive.
I find your offense to his post to be retarded.
I find your reply of “offensive” to be a form of bullying in order to censor someone and their opinions.
stfu mom do u even lift fite me irl 1v1
I agree facebook and twitter are both for retardates
Great info. I keep getting the message ” An error occurred. Please try again later” when I log-in. I am logged in and can view and use my page. Any ideas as to what is going on? Thanks
very informative and great help for me too..
To all you offended tards – suck it up!
Keep going children, you’re only confirming your immaturity and lack of
sense and class…..kindergarten is over…
i’m not sure why i even bother reading any comments on this website anymore. considering i often read comments on reddit and avclub, the people here often end up being the most childish…pretty sad.
Everyone here’s sounding like a bunch of hipsters.
So…is this facebook thing supposed to be interesting?…..or something? WWWWEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Lets all give out information about ourselves and post pictures of people on line and then spend 25 years deleting and arranging other peoples piffle. Oh what fun! They should call it Trollbook.
I have been trying to reach the actual “Facebook” people. My son died a year ago today. I had never had a FB page, but opened one so I could download photos from his FB page; however, while I can access his photos, I cannot access his wall, which has literally hundreds of comments from people he knew. I have been trying to find out if there is any way someone from Facebook could access his account and accept my friend request.
If you could help, I would be very grateful.
Luanne
Leotards? What did leotards ever do?