How do I remove or ban a member from my Meetup group?

Organizers (including co-organizers and assistant organizers) have the ability to remove or ban members from your groups. You decide which option is best for which members:

• If you remove a member from your group, they can request to rejoin at any time.
• If you ban a member, they are removed from your group and are prevented from sending a request to rejoin. They also won’t be able to view any group content, regardless of whether your group is public or private, as they'll see a blurred interface with an alert explaining they can no longer access your group. 
  Consider a ban if a member’s behavior is negatively affecting the experience of other group members, or otherwise in violation of our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. 

👉 To ensure a good fit for your group from the start, we give organizers tools to screen members and control who can join their groups. Organizers who decline a member’s request to join their group can also ban that member from there. 

How do I manually remove one or a few members from my group?

1. From the Members page of your group, click the three-dot menu next to the user's name
2. Click Remove member
3. Optionally add a message to them (we encourage you to explain your actions in this step)
4. Click Remove member
5. Meetup will also send the member an automatic notification that they are no longer a member of the group.

How do I ban one or a few members from my group so they won't rejoin?

1. From the Members page of your group, click the three-dot menu next to the user's name
2. Click Remove member
3. Check Ban the user from re-joining box at the bottom of the check box list
4. Click Remove member
5. Keep track of banned members through the Banned Members tab in your Members List (this is only visible to the group’s main Organizer). From here, you can unban a member if you decide to change your mind in the future.
6. Meetup will also send the member an automatic notification that they are no longer a member of the group.

How can I remove a large number of members in bulk?

If you are a group's primary organizer for at least 60 days, you have the chance to remove large numbers of members in bulk. Before you follow the steps below, please consider that this action is final and can't be undone.

Once removed, your members can't be re-added automatically — even if you change your mind later.
 

1. If you want to erase a large number of members from your group in bulk, start by visiting your group’s homepage and clicking Members.

2. In the Organizer Tools section on the right, click Remove members.

   

3. Click the Last visit toggle and then select a period that you would like to use as a cut-off point. You can choose a number of days, weeks, months, or years, and the list of members that respond to that criteria will instantly change.

   

4. Once you're sure of the cut-off period you chose, click the Select all checkbox on the left, then click Remove members (number of members to be removed).

5. In the next step, you'll be able to review your choice and see exactly how many members your group will be left with if you confirm the action. In the same step, you can choose to:

   a. Send a reason for the removal to all removed members

   b. Hide your email address if you decide to send a communication to these members

   c. Ban the removed members from rejoining

6. ❗️Click Remove members only if you're absolutely sure of your choice, as we won't be able to undo it later.

I can't find the option to bulk erase a large number of members from my group. What can I do?

If the option to bulk erase a large number of members from one of your groups doesn't appear as described above, this is likely due to one of two reasons:

1. You're not the group's primary organizer. Only the group's primary (and paying) organizer has access to this tool. If you're a co-organizer or cooperator og the primary organizer, the tool won't appear for you. You can reach out to the group's primary organizer to take care of the bulk removal of members.

2. You haven't been the group's primary organizer for at least 60 consecutive days yet. New organizers don't have access to the tool until they have been the group's primary organizer for at least 60 consecutive days. If you have recently stepped up as new organizer of a group, it will be enough to wait for 60 days before you can use the bulk eraser in your new group.