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title: Editing, Inactivating, or Deleting a Relationship or Contact
description: You can modify client contacts via the Contacts application. Granted that you have proper permissions to edit or delete a client contact, you must first select a client through either the Search application under the Case Manager application or by…
url: "https://docs.youthcenter.net/docs/editing-or-deleting-a-relationship-or-contact/"
updated: "2026-09-24"
category: Case Manager / Contacts
tags:
  - Client Contacts
---

# Editing, Inactivating, or Deleting a Relationship or Contact

You can modify client contacts via the Contacts application.

Granted that you have proper permissions to edit or delete a client contact, you must first select a client through either the Search application under the Case Manager application or by using the Search Clients search bar in the top right of the screen.

![YouthCenter Dashboard with red arrow graphics pointing to the Search clients search bar in the top right and the Search option under the Case Manager menu in the left navigation.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Searching-for-a-client-1024x237.png)

Once a client has been selected, navigate to the Contacts application in the main navigation menu.

![Case Manager menu expanded for a client, with red arrow graphics pointing to the Case Manager section toggle and the Contacts menu item.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Case-Manager-Contacts-Menu.png)

### **Editing a Client Relationship or Contact**

- Select  the carrot menu within the contact you wish to edit 

![Contact card with a red arrow graphic pointing to the dropdown menu icon used to edit, inactivate, or delete the contact.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Contacts-Edit-Delete-Menu.png)

- Select Edit this Relationship from the expanded menu
- Update the contact information as desired 
- Press the blue Save button

#### **YouthCenter Special Fields**

There are a few fields in YouthCenter that are not standard contact information fields and are used in other areas of the application.

The **Visitor Status** if filled in, the system will show a tag in the Contact application and will display in the Visitation application when selecting the visitor.

The **Visitor Status Notes** will show in the contact detail screen.

The **Is Guardian**checkbox will toggle the guardian flag on the contact screen. A client can have as many guardians as desired.

The **Send Notice** checkbox will toggle the notice flag on the contact screen and can be used to designate who should be notified of important events.

The **Is Active** checkbox indicates whether the contact is viewable by default in the contacts application and can be selected in other applications like visitation.

The **Notes** field allows for general notes about the contact.

#### **Adding a contact photo**

You can add a contact photo that will be displayed in the Contacts application, Visitation application, and the Contact detail screen.

You can drag-and-drop an image into the outlined space or click inside the outlined space to select a file using your file browser. The outlined box will turn green if processed correctly, or red if there is an error. 

![Image upload box in YouthCenter with a 'Click here to choose a file' prompt, supporting JPG/JPEG, PNG, and GIF file types.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mugshot-Upload-Box-1024x246.png)

Supported file types include JPG, JPEG, PNG, and GIF.

If a file has been uploaded in error, or if you are removing an old file and replacing it with a new one, you can hover over the file you wish to remove and select the remove file link from the bottom of the picture.

**Note:** Some special characters are not allowed in the file name. For best results do not use special characters in your file names.

### **Inactivating a Client Relationship or Contact**

Select the carrot menu within the contact you wish to edit

![Contact card for a Grandmother relationship with a red arrow graphic pointing to the dropdown menu icon used to inactivate the contact.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/image-83.png)

Click to remove the check mark in the "Is active" field. Click "Save."

![Edit Client Contact form showing the Relationship section with a red arrow graphic pointing to the checked Is Active checkbox.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/image-84-1024x790.png)

If you need to see any past active relationships, use the filter under the contacts and relationships:

![Contacts and Relationships toolbar with a red arrow graphic pointing to the Show Inactive Relationships checkbox.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/image-85-1024x172.png)

### **Deleting a Client Relationship or Contact**

- Select  the carrot menu within the contact you wish to edit 

![Contact card with a red arrow graphic pointing to the dropdown menu icon used to edit, inactivate, or delete the contact.](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Contacts-Edit-Delete-Menu.png)

- Select Delete this Relationship from the expanded menu
- Select Yes, Delete Relationship from the confirmation screen

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