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rramdath
Dec 24, 2025Copper Contributor
Mailboxes deleted from Exchange - Unable to removed Contacts from lists/groups
Ive noticed when users mailboxes are deleted from Exchange, the users remain in contact lists and groups and cannot be deleted afterwards. Ive come to the Microsoft community for help on this issue b...
Dec 27, 2025
Are you talking about removing them from the server or via Outlook desktop only? If server, there might be a propagation time before it removes the entire account. Possible 30 days as mailbox hold is 30 days. I'm not an Exchange expert but giving you some ideas here.
rramdath
Dec 29, 2025Copper Contributor
Thanks for the reply but I dont think thats it. Some of the contacts that can't be removed have been gone for months.