Delete a contact
Login to the portal and go to Domains > Contacts
It's always advised to delete unused contacts from your account. To delete a contact, follow the instruction below.
- 1
- Lookup the contact you wish to delete, open it and click the delete button
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- 2
- Approve the contact delete by clicking Delete
Important
Whenever a contact is in use as an active domain contact (registrant, admin, billing or tech contact), a contact cannot be deleted. When you request a delete for a contact that's in use, an error message will be displayed.
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- 3
- A message indicating the contact delete action was successful will be displayed
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- 4
- You've now successfully deleted an unused contact from your Realtime Register account