Delete guests and undo

You can delete a guest in a couple of clicks, and bring them back just as quickly if it was a mistake. If someone simply can’t come, you may not need to delete them at all. Marking them Declined keeps a record and frees their seat. See track RSVP status.

Delete one guest

1. 1

   Open the row menu

   In Guests, click ⋯ at the end of the guest’s row.
2. 2

   Choose Delete

   They disappear straight away, and you’ll see “Guest deleted” with an Undo button.

You can also delete from a guest’s details: click their name, then click Delete at the bottom of the panel (a bin icon on a phone).

Delete several guests

1. 1

   Select them

   Tick each guest, or shift-click to select a range. See bulk edit.
2. 2

   Click Delete

   Click Delete in the bar at the bottom of the screen.
3. 3

   Confirm

   You’ll be asked “Delete 5 guests?”. Click Delete to go ahead.

What deleting does

• The guest is removed from your list and from their table, so their seat is free again.
• Any relationships they had (must sit with, keep apart) are removed.
• Your guest list is shared by every seating plan in the wedding, so the guest is gone from all of them.
• If they had a plus-one, the plus-one stays on your list, just no longer linked. Delete them too if neither is coming. See plus-ones.

Undo a delete

• Click Undo in the “Guest deleted” (or “Deleted 5 guests”) message.
• Or press ⌘ Z on a Mac, or Ctrl Z on Windows, as long as you’re not typing in a box.
• On a computer, you can also click Undo at the top of the screen.

Undo brings the guest back exactly as they were, including their seat and relationships. It works step by step, so if you’ve made other changes since, undo those first. See undo and redo.

Duplicates: merge instead of delete

If two entries look like the same person (same name, or same email), you’ll see a note at the top of the list: “2 guests look like possible duplicates.” Click Review & merge, choose which record to keep, and click Merge into kept. Merging keeps the best of both: missing details are filled in from the other record, and a seat moves across if the kept guest doesn’t have one. You can undo a merge too.

Tried the app with ImportAdd 50 demo guests? Open Import again and click Remove demo guests to clear them, along with the groups and households they added.