# Introduction
`ABContactDelete` is one of the SOAP actions the [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) provides.

Removes a contact from the Forward List (FL).
For removing a contact from any other list, see the [Contact Sharing Service](../sharingservice.md).

# Client/Request
The template used in this action is described on the [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) main page.

## ABContactDelete
This element has only one attribute:
* `xmlns`: Is always set to `http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook`.

### abId
This element contains your [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) GUID.

### contacts
This element contains one or multiple [`<Contact>`](#contact-elements) elements.

#### Contact
This element has only one attribute:
* `xmlns`: Is always set to `http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook`.

##### contactId
This element only contains the GUID of the contact you would like to remove.

# Server/Response
The template used in this action is described on the [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) main page.

## ABContactDeleteResponse
This empty element has only one attribute:
* `xmlns`: Is always set to `http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook`.