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Facebook requires group admins to manually remove every member from the group to delete a Facebook Group

Author
PatFlynn
Date
21 Aug 2023

“Just found out that if you want to delete a Facebook Group you’re in charge of, you have to manually remove every member one-by-one until you’re the last one left, and then you have the option to remove/delete it. This is insanely asinine. 😠”

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