# Delete bounce **URL:** \ **Category:** Email Deliverability\ **Created:** [June 16, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/delete-bounce/21768 "2020-06-16T19:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mmr](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mmr/32/31639_2.png) [@mmr](https://community.hubspot.com/u/mmr)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/delete-bounce/21768/1 "2020-06-16T19:02:12Z")
Hello, I have a list of contacts with bounce and I had to delete it one by one for each contact. I would be great to have an option in WorKflows to do this, so we can eliminate the bounce of all the contacts at once. Thanks, MMR ---
**Author:** ![PamCotton](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/pamcotton/32/47916_2.png) [@PamCotton](https://community.hubspot.com/u/PamCotton)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/delete-bounce/21768/2 "2020-06-18T19:51:28Z")
Hello @mmr At the moment there is not a way to [bulk delete](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/lists/delete-a-list-of-contacts) automatically contacts. What could be possible to do is to add them to a list and bulk deleting that list manually, or create a task in a workflow to remind your team to bulk delete your contacts weekly/monthly. I will be tagging some of our top contributors so they can share their thoughts on this subject too. @mikedupuy, @daviddoughty , [@Alex\_Elborn](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/73663) , do you have anything else to add into this post to @mmr question? Any other ideas? Thank you, Pam ---
**Author:** ![mikedupuy](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mikedupuy/32/78789_2.png) [@mikedupuy](https://community.hubspot.com/u/mikedupuy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/delete-bounce/21768/3 "2020-06-19T00:49:02Z")
Thanks for the mention, @PamCotton ! Hey @mmr, You mentioned having to delete all the contacts one by one. Did you click into the contact records to do this? Though you can’t delete contacts from HubSpot via an automated workflow, you can use Active smart lists to make it easy to detect contacts who have bounced and then delete them in bulk from the list. Here’s a way you can identify hard bounced contacts and delete them in bulk: 1. Create a list of hard bounced contacts. You can do this automatically from the **Marketing \> Email** page. On the left side menu, click **More tools** and choose **Create a list of hard bounced contacts.** \*\* ![28327iC4E43682FCB63E0E.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/2/216cf22c8ad823d7e3a0e9d15e51285f6f9695bd.png) \*\* 2. You can optionally use the **Include the contacts that have globally bounced** to detect any contacts in your database that hard bounced when other HubSpot customers tried to email them. 3. Navigate to your bounced list. Bulk select contacts in the list and click on the **More** menu. Select **Delete**. ![28328i6CEC0818CF629C40.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/7/b/7b32b357a074c6be58230d8549fdcd73b63be35a.png) Hopefully this helps so you don’t need to delete contacts one by one. ![8378i91AEA6C23265BB10.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/6/6a4c69e97ec6060f8aa71b044973e9b1c72c4a12.png) If my response helped solve your problem, please mark it as a solution. Mike Dupuy | [2175 Group](https://www.2175group.com) ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Elborn](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/alex_elborn/32/6126_2.png) [@Alex\_Elborn](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Alex_Elborn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 6:17am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/delete-bounce/21768/4 "2020-06-19T06:17:40Z")
Totally agree with @mikedupuy the best way to do it would be an active list and then to can delete the contacts in bulk manually. Thanks for the mention @PamCotton ! ---
**Author:** ![mmr](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mmr/32/31639_2.png) [@mmr](https://community.hubspot.com/u/mmr)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/delete-bounce/21768/5 "2020-07-06T13:55:00Z")
Thank you for all the responses. Here is a screenshot of what exactly I had to do one by one contact. ![28922iD1C65E1CC2CF8DF7.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/e/4eaf981dd505516cc9a1d656639a9174adf1535c.png) Thanks, MMR ---
**Author:** ![PamCotton](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/pamcotton/32/47916_2.png) [@PamCotton](https://community.hubspot.com/u/PamCotton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/delete-bounce/21768/6 "2020-07-13T13:47:54Z")
Hello @mmr This is correct, since hard/soft bounces are done individually, for you to be able to unbounce a contact this action need to be done manually. More information [here](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/email/how-can-i-send-an-email-to-a-contact-that-has-previously-bounced#can-i-remove-a-hard-bounce) Pam