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title: "Add to / Remove from Group"
slug: "add-to-remove-from-group"
updated: 2024-03-05T13:26:01Z
published: 2024-03-05T13:26:01Z
canonical: "docs.mapp.com/add-to-remove-from-group"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Add to / Remove from Group

This whiteboard job changes the membership of a contact in one of the following ways:

- Add to Group​
- Remove or Unsubscribe from Group​

## Add to Group​

This job adds a contact to one or more Engage groups.

- Engage does not add the following types of contacts to the group, and does not report an error in these cases:
  - A contact who is already a member of the target group.
  - A contact who is on the group blacklist.
  - A contact who has ​Pending​​ status ​in the target group.

### Configuration

| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| ​**Group**​ | Defines the groups to which the contact is added. You can select one or more groups from a drop-down list of available groups. The other group memberships of the contact remain unaffected. |

## Remove or Unsubscribe from Group​

This job removes or unsubscribes a contact from one or more Engage groups.

> When you remove or unsubscribe a contact from a group, group-specific data is deleted for the contact. Group-specific data includes member attributes and group membership statistics. All other profile data remains unaffected.
> 
> This job does not exclude the group owner. This job can remove the owner of the group from the group.

- ​**Remove**:​ A removal is valid for one Engage group. The other group memberships of the contact remain unaffected. A removal is not recorded as an unsubscribe in the group statistics. Removals do not affect developments in group size in the ​Contact Statistics​ area of Engage. The contact does not receive a confirmation email.
- ​**Unsubscribe**:​ An unsubscription is valid for one Engage group. The other group memberships of the contact remain unaffected. Contacts who unsubscribe from a group are counted as unsubscriptions in the statistics. Unsubscriptions affect developments in group size in the ​Contact Statistics​ area of Engage. Mapp Engage does not send an unsubscribe notification.

### Configuration

| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **​Remove from Group​** | Defines from which groups Engage removes the contact. - **All Groups:​** Removes or unsubscribes a contact from all groups in the Engage system. - **Specific Group**:​ Removes or unsubscribes a contact from one Engage group. This action does not affect the other group memberships of the contact. - ​**Group Category**:​ Removes or unsubscribes a contact from all groups in the Engage system that have the selected group category. |
| **​Method​** | Defines whether Engage records the action as a removal or as an unsubscribe. |