---
name: "rmgroup"
section: "8"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rmgroup"
---

# rmgroup(8)

delete a UNIX group

## NAME

**rmgroup** – delete a UNIX group

## SYNOPSIS

**rmgroup** *group*

## DESCRIPTION

**rmgroup** deletes the specified UNIX *group* from group database. **rmgroup** will not delete the system groups wheel, daemon, kmem, sys, tty, operator, bin, nogroup, nobody, or groups with gid 0. Do not delete these groups.

## FILES

- */etc/group*

  group database

## SEE ALSO

[group(5)](/group/5.md), [adduser(8)](/adduser/8.md), [rmuser(8)](/rmuser/8.md)

## HISTORY

The **rmgroup** command appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.