Facebook Messenger is one of the most popular social media platforms that lets users stay connected with their loved ones. Being an avid user of Facebook Messenger, you may have a pile of list of contacts over time, but you are not in touch with them now. You may wish to remove certain contacts from your messenger app due to several other reasons.

Unfortunately, Facebook Messenger does not have any remove or delete button that will let you delete contacts from your Facebook Messenger easily. 

Are you seeking a method to remove someone from your Facebook Messenger?

Fret not, we are here with this post, with the ways how to delete someone on Messenger. Continue reading it.

How to Remove Contacts From Facebook Messenger?

Since 2020, Facebook has updated its Facebook messenger and turned the “Delete” button to “Block”, then how can you do so? There are different means to delete contacts from the Facebook Messenger app. Here is how to remove someone on messenger

• First of all, launch your Facebook Messenger.
• Look for your profile picture located at the upper left corner of the screen and tap on it.
• Scroll down to find the option “People” Tap on it to view your contact list.
• Find the “Manage Contacts” option at the top of your screen.
• Click on the person, you wish to remove.
• Tap on the “Info” icon located at the upper right corner of the screen.
• Scroll down to find the “Block” button and tap on it.
• Once you have done so, you will be redirected to the  Facebook page again.
• Tap on the “Block” tab to confirm removal.

This will remove all of your messenger contacts from the app.

How to Delete Someone from Messenger Group Chat?

After the changes made by Facebook, in 2020, removing someone from the Facebook Messenger app might be pretty confusing. If you wish to remove someone on Messenger, you have to block them instead of removing them as the “delete” button has changed to “Block”.Here are the steps on how to delete someone on messenger

• Launch your Facebook Messenger app.
• Tap on the “Group chat” from where you wish to remove someone.
• Tap on the profile of the person, you wish to delete from the group.
• Now click on “Remove from the group” which is displayed on your screen.
• That's how the specific person will be removed from the group and a notification will be sent to them that they have been removed from the group.

To Conclude

Here is the complete guide to see how to remove someone from your messenger. You can remove someone from your contacts on your messenger and also from your group chat. Also, read how to see who blocked you on Facebook.