How to Delete a Facebook Group

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Facebook Groups are a wonderful way to create a community based on common interests, raise awareness for a good cause, or even advertise a business for free. However, sometimes a group doesn’t have the engagement you hoped for, or it’s simply served its intended purpose, and the best course of action is to entirely delete it.

Unfortunately, deleting a Facebook Group is not a straightforward process. You will have to go through some tedious steps in an effort to accomplish your goal, while being aware of the fact that you only have the choice of deleting the Facebook Group if you’re its founder (or an admin after the founder has left the Group).

If you still wish to delete your Facebook Group, however, here are a couple of ways you can do just that:

Deleting a Facebook Group using a PC

If you wish to delete a Facebook Group you’ve created previously, you can effortlessly do so on your computer by following the steps below:

  1. Load the Facebook website, and sign into your account if necessary.
  2. On the landing page, there will be a Menu to the left. Here, press Groups.
  3. In the left-hand banner, you will see the Groups You Manage segment. Here, just choose the Group you wish to remove. This will lead you to the main page of the FB Group.
  4. On the main page of the FB Group, press the Members tab, located underneath the Group title.
  5. Press the 3 vertical dots located beside a member’s name. In the menu that drops down, click on Remove Member.
  6. Repeat this same removal procedure for each member of the FB Group in question.
  7. Once you’ve gotten rid of all the FB Group members, press the 3 vertical dots located beside your own name, and then press Leave Group.
  8. Press the blue Leave Group button one again to confirm. This action should not only remove you from the Group in question, but also automatically delete the Facebook Group as well.

Deleting a Facebook Group using a smartphone

In case you’re currently using a tablet or a smartphone, you also have the choice of deleting a Facebook Group there. Here’s how:

  1. Open the Facebook application on your device, and sign into your account if necessary.
  2. Next, open the Menu by tapping on the three vertical lines. This icon can be located either in the upper or the lower-right corner, depending on your device.
  3. In the Menu that appears, tap on Groups.
  4. Then, tap on the Your Groups button at the top of the page.
  5. Here, scroll until you locate the FB Group you wish to remove, and then tap on it. This will lead you to the main page of the FB Group.
  6. Tap on the list of Group members that appear in circles just underneath the Group’s cover picture.
  7. In the list that appears, tap on a member, and then press the Remove X (member name) From Group option.
  8. Repeat this same removal procedure for each member of the FB Group in question.
  9. After you’ve gotten rid of all the FB Group members, go back to the Group’s main page by pressing the back arrow.
  10. Here, tap on the 3 vertical lines in the upper-right corner, and then press the Leave Group option at the bottom.
  11. Press the Leave Group button one again to confirm. This action should not only remove you from the Group in question, but also automatically delete the Facebook Group as well.

And that’s it! Whether you wish to delete a Facebook Group entirely, or just archive it temporarily, you can do so by following this quick and simple guide.

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