---
title: "The contact page, editing and deleting"
id: contacts.edit-delete
description: "Open a contact's page to see its details, addresses and files, then edit or delete it."
lastUpdated: 2026-10-24
order: 30
---

## What it does

Open a contact's page to see everything about the contact and to change or delete it.

| Part of the page | What it shows |
| --- | --- |
| Header | The name, a type badge, and who created it and when. Select the name to copy it |
| Details card | The picture, names, reference, email, phone and default currency |
| Media card | Files you attach to the contact |
| Right-hand column | Primary Contact on an organisation, or Company on a person, then billing and shipping addresses and the tags. With none set, it says "No primary contact set." or "No company set." |

In the header:

- Edit opens the form the contact was created in.
- More Actions holds View Audit History, View Bulk Activity and Trash.
- The up and down arrows step through the list you came from, with its filters and sort order. They are unavailable at either end. [Audit history and moving between orders](/docs/orders/history.md) describes them.
- The header shows who else has the page open, and their saves appear as they happen. [See who else is on a record](/docs/account/who-else-is-on-a-record.md) says more.

Hermes can update a contact from a sentence. An MCP client can update or delete one through the contact tools.

## Before you start

Save stays at the top of the page, and leaving with unsaved changes opens Discard Changes, as [Creating a contact](/docs/contacts/create.md) describes.

Save keeps changes someone else made to other fields while you edited. Where you both changed one field, Lucrii asks which to keep. [See who else is on a record](/docs/account/who-else-is-on-a-record.md) says more.

## How to use it

1. Open a contact from the list.
2. Select Edit to change its details, then save.
3. Under More Actions, select View Audit History to open it in a new tab, or Trash to delete the contact.
4. Confirm in the Delete Contact window.

## Related

- [Creating a contact](/docs/contacts/create.md): Add a person or an organisation as a contact, with names, email, phone, currency and two addresses.
- [Tags on a contact](/docs/contacts/tags.md): Add free-text tags to a contact, with suggestions from the tags your organisation already uses.
- [Notes on a contact](/docs/contacts/notes.md): Keep notes and files about a contact or contact location on its timeline.
- [Audit history on a record](/docs/account/audit-history.md): Read a record's audit page to see who changed what and when, with values before and after.

## Changes

- [Finding a primary contact](/changelog/2026-10-23#2026-10-23-finding-a-primary-contact) - 2026-10-23
- [Create and Save at the top of each record's form](/changelog/2026-10-23#2026-10-23-save-bar-and-leaving-a-form) - 2026-10-23
- [Saving beside other people](/changelog/2026-10-23#2026-10-23-saving-beside-other-people) - 2026-10-23
- [See who else is on a record](/changelog/2026-10-23#2026-10-23-see-who-else-is-on-a-record) - 2026-10-23
- [Bulk Activity for one record](/changelog/2026-10-16#2026-10-16-bulk-activity-for-one-record) - 2026-10-16
- [Confirming a delete](/changelog/2026-10-16#2026-10-16-confirming-a-delete) - 2026-10-16
- [Help pages for every feature](/changelog/2026-09-30#2026-09-30-help-pages-for-every-feature) - 2026-09-30