Delete a Business Contact

To remove a Business Contact object programmatically, first select the object and then call the Delete method. The following C# and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) examples show how to select a Business Contact object.

C#

  private void DeleteBusinessContact()
{ 

   Outlook.ApplicationClass _app = new Outlook.ApplicationClass();
   Outlook.Application olApp = (Outlook.Application)_app;
   Outlook.NameSpace olNameSpace = _app.GetNamespace("MAPI");
   Outlook.Folders folders = olNameSpace.Session.Folders;
   Outlook.Folder bcmRootFolder = (Outlook.Folder)folders["Business Contact Manager"];
   Outlook.Folder contactsFolder = (Outlook.Folder)bcmRootFolder.Folders["Business Contacts"]; 

   string strQuery = "[FileAs] = 'John Smith'"; 

   Outlook.ContactItem contactItem = (Outlook.ContactItem)contactsFolder.Items.Find(strQuery);
   if (contactItem != null)

   { 
      contactItem.Delete(); 
   }

   else

   { 
      Console.WriteLine("Contact not found"); 
   } 

}


VBA

  Sub DeleteBusinessContact() 

   Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
   Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
   Dim olFolders As Outlook.Folders
   Dim bcmRootFolder As Outlook.Folder
   Dim bcmContactsFldr As Outlook.Folder
   Dim existContact As Outlook.ContactItem 

   Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
   Set objNS = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
   Set olFolders = objNS.Session.Folders
   Set bcmRootFolder = olFolders("Business Contact Manager")
   Set bcmContactsFldr = bcmRootFolder.Folders("Business Contacts") 

   Set existContact = bcmContactsFldr.Items.Find("[FileAs] = 'John Smith'")
   If Not TypeName(existContact) = "Nothing" Then 

   existContact.Delete 

   Else 

      MsgBox ("Could not find the Business Contact with Full Name John Smith") 

   End If 

   Set existContact = Nothing
   Set bcmContactsFldr = Nothing
   Set bcmRootFolder = Nothing
   Set olFolders = Nothing
   Set objNS = Nothing
   Set olApp = Nothing 

End Sub 


See Also

Create a Business Contact | Select a Business Contact | Edit a Business Contact | 2007 Office System: Updated Developer Content