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Unsubscribe an individual contact or group of contacts

Article: 000033123
Updated: October 22, 2026

Keep your contact list integrity by manually marking an individual contact as "unsubscribed" or by importing a file of contacts you want to unsubscribe in bulk to prevent accidental mailings

There are times when contacts may reach out directly to you and ask to be removed from your contact list instead of clicking the "unsubscribe" link in the footer of their email. Whenever this happens, you have the power to manually change a contact's status to unsubscribed:

 

Did you know? Once contacts have unsubscribed, you can't send them an email again unless they rejoin your list through one of our sign-up tools.

 


Unsubscribe an individual contact

  1. Search for the contact you want to unsubscribe.
  2. Place your cursor over the contact's name and click the View (eye icon) button.

    All contacts table with Search field and Email address option selected, and search results with View button visible

  3. From the panel on the right-hand side of the page, click . . . > Unsubscribe contact.

    Contact panel with menu expanded and Unsubscribe contact option selected

  4. From the Unsubscribe email overlay, click the Unsubscribe contact button.

    Unsubscribe email overlay with Unsubscribe contact button selected

 

Unsubscribe a group of contacts in a bulk-action

If you have a group of contacts that need to be unsubscribed, you can import their information to unsubscribe them in bulk.

  1. Create a spreadsheet of the contact you want to unsubscribe.
    Tip: An easy way to create the spreadsheet is to export the contact you want to unsubscribe.
  2. Follow these steps to import the file to update the status of your contacts to "Unsubscribed."

 

Did you know? It's best practice to keep track of your unsubscribed contacts from other providers. The same unsubscribe process can be used to import a list of unsubscribed contacts from a previous email marketing provider. This way, you don't accidentally send unwanted email to them, and you stay compliant with the CAN-SPAM Act.

 


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