Unlinking People

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On occasion a person is added into the family tree, but later is discovered to be in the wrong place. To remove them from their current family so you can link them in the proper family, you would unlink the person from their present family. There are three options available:

• Unlink from a spouse
• Unlink from a parents
• Unlink family members

You may have to run both of these commands to unlink the person from the current family.

Unlinking from a spouse

To unlink a person from a spouse:

1. Highlight the person you want to unlink from his or her spouse. Make sure the spouse from which you want to unlink is displayed. Then do one of the following:
   • Click the Edit button (pencil) and select "Unlink from spouse'
   • Click right mouse button, select Unlink, then Unlink from spouse
   • Find the person in the Person page side info box as a spouse or parent, click the 3 dots to the right of their name and select Unlink
2. The Unlink from Spouse dialog will appear with the person highlighted in the context of the family.
3. You will be asked to confirm that you want to unlink the person as a parent in the family. Select "Unlink" to unlink the person, or "Cancel" to cancel.

Unlinking from parents

To unlink a person from his or her parents and siblings:

1. Highlight the person you want to unlink from his or her parents. Make sure the parents from which you want to unlink is displayed. Then do one of the following:
   • Click the Edit button (pencil) and select "Unlink from parents'
   • Click right mouse button, select Unlink, then Unlink from parents
   • Find the person in the Person page side info box as a child, click the 3 dots to the right of their name and select Unlink
2. The Unlink from Parents dialog will appear with the person highlighted in the context of the family.
3. You will be asked to confirm that you want to unlink the person as a child in the family. Select "Unlink" to unlink the person, or "Cancel" to cancel.

Unlinking from family members

To unlink family members from each other:

1. Highlight a person in the family you want to unlink from each other, then do one of the following
   • Click the Edit button (pencil) and select "Unlink family members'
   • Click right mouse button, select Unlink, then Unlink family members
2. The Unlink family members dialog will appear showing the family members who will be unlinked from each other.
3. You will be asked to confirm that you want to unlink the family members. Select "Unlink" to unlink the family members from each other, or "Cancel" to cancel.