How to Leave a Facebook Group
Leave any group in under a minute on a computer, iPhone or Android. Plus what other members can see, and how to quietly unfollow or silence a group if you'd rather stay in it.
Checked against Facebook's own Help Center, October 2026
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Old neighborhood groups, buy-and-sell groups, that one group a friend added you to in 2017: it adds up. Leaving takes four taps, and Facebook doesn't tell anyone you did it.
How to leave a Facebook group
- Open the group.
- Click or tap Joined below the group's name or cover photo.
- Choose Leave group.
- Tap Leave Group to confirm.
Only want it out of your Feed?
You don't have to leave. Unfollowing or silencing the group keeps you a member while its posts and alerts go away.
How to Leave a Facebook Group on a Computer
This works in any web browser on a Windows PC or Mac.
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Go to facebook.com/groups and select the group under Your groups in the left menu. You can also type the group's name into the Facebook search bar.
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Click Joined in the top right, below the group's cover photo.
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Select Leave group from the menu that opens.
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Click Leave Group to confirm.
Cleaning out several groups at once? The Your groups list at facebook.com/groups shows every group you are in, so you can work down it one by one.
How to Leave a Facebook Group on iPhone
These steps are for the Facebook app on iPhone and iPad.
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Open the Facebook app and tap Menu (the three lines, often shown with your profile picture). On iPhone it sits at the far right of the bar along the bottom of the screen.
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Tap Groups, then Your groups. If you don't see Groups, tap See more.
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Select the group you want to leave.
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Tap Joined below the group's name.
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Tap Leave Group, then tap Leave Group again to confirm.
Faster route: tap the magnifying glass, type the group's name, open the group and jump straight to the Joined button.
How to Leave a Facebook Group on Android
These steps are for the Facebook app on Android phones and tablets.
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Open the Facebook app and tap Menu (the three lines, often shown with your profile picture). On Android it is usually at the right end of the bar at the top of the screen. Some versions put that bar at the bottom instead.
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Tap Groups, then Your groups. If you don't see Groups, tap See more.
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Select the group you want to leave.
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Tap Joined below the group's name.
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Tap Leave Group, then tap Leave Group again to confirm.
Can't find the Joined button? Some app versions tuck the membership choices under Options (the three dots) at the top right of the group. Look for Leave group there.
Can You Leave a Facebook Group Without Anyone Knowing?
Mostly, yes. Facebook's Help Center says plainly that members won't be notified if you leave. Here's exactly what changes and what doesn't:
What nobody sees
- No notification goes to members or admins.
- No post or "has left the group" message appears in the group.
- People can no longer tell you've seen a group post, even posts you saw before you left.
What someone could notice
- Your name drops off the member list, so anyone who looks for you there will see you're gone.
- Admins can see the member count change.
- Your old posts and comments stay in the group under your name.
In a small group where everyone knows each other, someone may eventually spot that you're missing. If that matters, the quietest option is not to leave at all: unfollow the group and turn off its notifications, covered next. You stay on the member list and the group simply stops showing up for you.
Stay in the Group but Stop Seeing It
Three quieter options. None of them notify anyone, and you can undo all of them later.
Unfollow the group
You stay a member, but the group's posts stop showing up in your Feed. You can still open the group whenever you want.
How: Open the group, click or tap Joined, then choose Unfollow group. To undo it later, open the group and choose Follow group (in the app it is under Options at the top right).
Turn off group notifications
Every group starts on Highlights. Switch it to Off and the group stops pinging you, while its posts can still appear in your Feed. Pair it with Unfollow for total silence.
How: Open the group, click or tap Options in the top right, then Manage notifications. Pick All Posts, Highlights, Friends' Posts or Off, and check the push notification settings on the same screen. Group admins find this under Admin home, then Personal settings, then Manage notifications.
Snooze it for 30 days
A temporary break. Facebook hides the group's posts from your Feed for 30 days, then they come back on their own. This is the closest thing Facebook has to a "mute" button.
How: Find one of the group's posts in your Feed, click or tap the three dots (Options) in its top right, and choose Snooze [group name] for 30 days. To end it early, go to Settings & privacy, then Content preferences, then Snooze, and click End Snooze.
Which one should you pick?
| Option | Still a member? | Posts in your Feed? | Notifications? | Who's told? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leave the group | No | No | No | Nobody |
| Unfollow group | Yes | No | Your setting | Nobody |
| Notifications Off | Yes | Yes | No | Nobody |
| Snooze 30 days | Yes | Not for 30 days | Your setting | Nobody |
Getting pinged by @everyone tags? On a computer, click Notifications, find the @everyone notification, click Options next to it and turn off @everyone notifications for that group.
What Happens After You Leave a Facebook Group
The group disappears from your account
It drops off your list of groups, you stop getting its notifications, and its posts stop appearing in your Feed.
Your posts and comments stay
Leaving doesn't delete anything you shared. If there's a post or comment you want gone, delete it before you leave (open it, tap the three dots, then delete). Once you're out of a private group you can't see its posts anymore, so you can't go back and clean up.
Rejoining
You can come back. Find the group and click Join Group. A public group usually lets you straight back in. A private group needs an admin to approve you again, and you may have to answer the membership questions again (unless the group uses limited membership, which lets you in to read but not post until approved).
Nobody can add you back without your say-so
Members can still invite you. You get a notification and can preview the group, but you only become a member again if you decide to join.
Leaving a Group as Your Business Page
Facebook lets you join and post in groups as your business Page instead of your personal profile. Your Page and your profile are separate members, so leaving as yourself doesn't take your Page out of the group, and the other way around. To remove the Page, switch into it first:
On a computer
- Click your profile photo in the top right of Facebook.
- Click See all profiles, then select your Page.
- Go to the group and click Joined, then Leave group.
In the app
- Tap Menu or your profile picture.
- Tap Options, then select your Page.
- Go to the group and tap Joined, then Leave Group.
Switch back to your profile the same way when you're done. Anything your Page posted in the group stays there, just like posts from a personal profile.
If You're the Group's Admin
You can leave a group you run, but plan the handoff. If you're the only admin, Facebook asks you to invite a new admin when you leave. If you don't pick anyone, or nobody accepts the admin invitation within seven days, the group is automatically paused.
Want the group gone for good rather than handed off? Leaving won't do that. Facebook has a separate option to delete a group you admin (or pause it if you might want it back).
Facebook's own reference: Leave a Facebook group.
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