# Bulk permanent delete

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-permanent-delete/78806>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** object\
**Created:** [April 5, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-permanent-delete/78806 "2023-04-05T18:40:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jkozuch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@jkozuch](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jkozuch)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-permanent-delete/78806/1 "2023-04-05T18:40:37Z")

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We have bulk restore contacts in the Recycle bin, there should also be a bulk delete contacts button there as well.

Manually permanent deleting contacts one at a time is painful and waiting 90 days for them to be permanently deleted is too long of a wait.

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**Author:** ![MSaurat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@MSaurat](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MSaurat)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-permanent-delete/78806/2 "2024-03-28T11:00:16Z")

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Crucially needed!

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**Author:** ![Sebas\_Gonzalez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sebas\_Gonzalez](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Sebas_Gonzalez)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-permanent-delete/78806/3 "2024-07-10T15:47:10Z")

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+1

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**Author:** ![MDiaz705](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MDiaz705](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MDiaz705)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-permanent-delete/78806/4 "2025-06-11T21:33:43Z")

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Curious if there is any update from the HubSpot team on this. It would be extremely helpful.

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**Author:** ![MHauk](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mhauk/32/58551_2.png) [@MHauk](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MHauk)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-permanent-delete/78806/5 "2025-08-24T04:49:38Z")

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That would be great if it worked. If you want to delete a lot of contacts here, it takes forever. I’m very surprised that something like this doesn’t already exist.

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**Author:** ![coredefend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@coredefend](https://community.hubspot.com/u/coredefend)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bulk-permanent-delete/78806/7 "2026-08-03T12:56:23Z")

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Hey all — following this since I ran into the same wall. I’ve been building something that does bulk GDPR-compliant contact deletion via the API, working around this exact limitation — still early, testing with a handful of people. If anyone wants to try it or just compare notes on how you’re handling this now, feel free to email me at [info@coredefend.com](mailto:info@coredefend.com). Not trying to turn this into a pitch thread, just thought it might be useful given how many people have hit the same thing here.