# Remove from Group

## What

Use "Remove from Group" when you want to remove one copy of a device from a manual group without deleting the device from FileWave.

## When/Why

This is useful when a device no longer belongs in a specific manual group, or when that group should stop applying deployments to that copy. The device record remains in FileWave, other copies of the same device remain unchanged, and inventory data is preserved.

If the group copy was receiving content through a deployment, removing the copy from the group also removes that group-based deployment path for the device. Use "Remove from system" only when you intend to delete the device record from FileWave.

## How

Select a device copy in a manual group, open the (...) action menu, and choose "Remove from Group":

![FileWave Anywhere device action menu showing Remove from Group](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-07/BE7VR9VX8CcuY5cJ-embedded-image-00ggva6g.png)