# Introduction
`DeleteMember` is one of the SOAP actions the [Contact Sharing Service](../sharingservice.md) provides.

Deletes a user from the Allow List (AL), Block List (BL), or the Pending List (PL).

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

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

### serviceHandle
This element contains three children:
* `<Id>`: This is always set to `0`.
* `<Type>`: This has only been observed to be `Messenger`.
* `<ForeignId>`: This has only been observed have no content,
  but is not an empty element.

### memberships
This element only contains `<Membership>` elements.

#### Membership
This element contains two children:
* `<MemberRole>`: The type of list:
    * `Allow`: The Allow List (AL).
    * `Block`: The Block List (BL).
    * `Pending`: The Pending List (RL).
* `<Members>`: Explained below.

##### Members
This element only contains `<Member>` elements.

###### Member
This element has two attributes:
* `xsi:type`: The type of this `<Member>`:
    * `PassportMember`
    * `EmailMember`
    * `PhoneMember`
* `xmlns:xsi`: This is always set to `http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance`.

This element contains three children:
* `<Type>`: The type of this `<Member>`:
    * `Passport`
    * `Email`
    * `Phone`
* `<MembershipId>`: The ID of the membership you would like to delete.
* `<State>`: This is usually only set to `Accepted`, but `Pending` is a valid value.

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

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