# Introduction
`ABGroupContactDelete` is one of the SOAP actions the [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) provides.

Removes a contact in the Forward List (FL) from a contact group.

# Client/Request
The template used in this action is described on the [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) main page.

## ABGroupContactDelete
This element has only one attribute:
* `xmlns:` Is always set to `http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook`.

### abId
This element contains your [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) GUID.

### contacts
This element only contains one or multiple `<Contact>` elements.

#### Contact
This element only contains the `<contactId>` element.

##### contactId
This element only contains the contact's GUID that
you would like to remove from the contact group.

### groupFilter
This element only contains the `<groupIds>` element.

#### groupIds
This element only contains one or multiple `<guid>` elements.

##### guid
This element only contains the group GUIDs
that you would like to remove contacts from.

# Server/Response
The template used in this action is described on the [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) main page.

## ABGroupContactDeleteResponse
This empty element has only one attribute:
* `xmlns:` Is always set to `http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook`.