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Delete a Family Grouping

Lesson 3 of 9 · 0:40Updated Oct 2026

What you will learn

Deleting a family only removes the household grouping. Every person in it stays safe in your directory. Here's exactly what happens when you click Delete. TimelyChurch is church management software, learn more at timely.church.

Go deeper: Family Management in the Knowledge Base.

Read the transcript

From People & Families, click Families. The trash icon on a card deletes a family right here, after a quick browser confirmation. We'll click the family's name instead, so you get the full confirmation page. Click Delete. Read the message. It deletes the grouping only, and the people stay in your directory. Click Delete Family. The household leaves your Families list the moment you confirm, and both people are right where they were in your People list, no longer grouped together.