
If you have the required permissions on the Account record User Permissions
Needed To view accounts: “Read” on accounts To delete accounts: “Delete” on accounts
To delete an account, click Del next to
the account on the accounts list page, or click Delete on the account detail page.
When you delete an account it's moved to the Recycle Bin along
with any of these related items:
- Contacts
- Opportunities
- Contracts (if they're not activated)
- Activities
- Notes
- Attachments
- Portal roles and groups (if all portal users in the account are disabled)
- Partner relationships
- Relationship group members
If you undelete an account, any related items are also restored
except for:
- Relationship group members in some cases. See Removing Members from Relationship GroupMembers.
- Portal roles and groups. See Using Accounts.
You can't delete an account if it has been enabled as a partner
account, has associated cases, activated contracts, related opportunities
that are owned by other users, or associated contacts are enabled
for the Self-Service portal. In addition, if you attempt to delete an account that
has closed/won opportunities owned by you, a message displays asking
you whether you want to delete the closed/won opportunities along
with the account or to cancel the account deletion.
Note
_img src="
https://help.salesforce.com/img/help/helpNote_icon.gif" /_You can delete an account if you are an administrator, the account
owner, or a user above the account owner in the organization role
hierarchy, and if you have the appropriate user permission. You do
not need the “Delete” permission on any associated records that are
included in the deletion.
You can't delete an account if it has been enabled as a partner account, has associated cases, activated contracts, related opportunities that are owned by other users, or associated contacts are enabled for the Self-Service portal. In addition, if you attempt to delete an account that has closed/won opportunities owned by you, a message displays asking you whether you want to delete the closed/won opportunities along with the account or to cancel the account deletion.