Delete a group

Applies To: Outlook 2016 , Office for business , Outlook on the web for Exchange Server 2016.

After a group outlives its intended purpose, you can delete it to free up system resources and to remove the group from being listed or displayed.

WARNING: When you delete a group, you are permanently removing all group conversations, email messages, files, calendar events, and any other related information. There is no way to recover the information.

Delete a Group in Outlook on the Web(Office 365)

1. Open Outlook on the web.
2. In the navigation pane, under Groups, select your group.
   
3. In the group header, click More actions  , and then click Edit group.
4. At the bottom of the Edit group pane, click Delete group.
   
5. Select I understand that the group will be permanently deleted > Delete.

Delete a Group in Outlook 2016

1. Under Groups on the left nav bar, select your group.
   
2. Select Edit Group on the ribbon.
   
3. Click the Delete group button in the lower left corner of the window.