How do I delete a contact in Act!

Question:
How do I delete a contact in Act!?

Product Details:
Product Family: Act!
Product: Act! Pro, Act! Premium
Version: 2005 and later

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Answer:

Note: Deleting contacts cannot be undone. Once a contact is deleted they are permanently removed from the database and can only be recovered by restoring a database backup that was taken before the contact was deleted. For information on creating and restoring database backups, refer to the following knowledgebase article:

How to back up and restore an Act! database
Answer ID How to back up and restore an Act! database


From Contact Detail:

1. Display contact to be deleted
2. Click on the Contacts menu and select Delete Contact
3. When prompted whether to delete the current contact or the entire lookup, click Delete Contact when prompted with
4. On the confirmation screen, click Yes

From Contact List:

1. Left-click contact to be deleted (to highlight)
2. Right-click highlighted area, then select Delete Contact
3. When prompted whether to delete the current contact or the entire lookup, click Delete Contact when prompted with
4. On the confirmation screen, click Yes