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description: Most contacts can be deleted with one click. However, before you delete a contact, be aware of who can delete contacts and what happens to records that are associated with deleted contacts.
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# Considerations for Deleting Contacts

Most contacts can be deleted with one click. However, before you delete a contact, be aware of who can delete contacts and what happens to records that are associated with deleted contacts.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: all editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

- You can delete a contact if you’re an administrator, the contact owner, or a user above the contact owner in the organization role hierarchy, _and_ if you have the Delete permission on the Contact object. If you meet these requirements, you see **Delete** as an option on the contact’s detail page and on its row on the contact list page in.
- If you delete a contact, these associated records are also deleted. You don’t need the “Delete” permission on the associated records.
    - Assets (without cases)
    - Attachments
    - Campaign history
    - Events
    - Notes
    - TasksAccounts, entitlements, and opportunities that are associated with the contact aren’t deleted.
- To delete a contact related to an entitlement, delete the associated entitlement contact records or remove the roll-up summary field from the Contact object.
- The deleted contact is moved to the Recycle Bin. If you undelete the contact, any associated records are restored, including any inactive Self-Service usernames.
- If you delete or remove an activity’s primary contact, another contact becomes the primary contact in its place. You can edit the activity to manually select another primary contact.
- You can’t delete contacts that have these records associated with them.
    - Assets (with cases)
    - Cases
    - Contracts
    - Partner user
    - Service contracts
    - Active Self-Service users
    - Active Customer Portal users

#### See Also

- [Deleting Records](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.basics_deleting_records.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Contact Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.contacts_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Your page layout and field-level security settings determine which contact fields are visible and editable.")