I’m in a lot of meetup groups post-Pandemic and would like to quit most of them. I saw your tutorial, but it’s no longer current. Can you tell me how to quit Meetup groups with the current interface? Thanks.
Change is one of the most consistent trends in the online universe. For every site like Craigslist that seems to be running with its original interface design, there are a dozen like Facebook or Whitehouse.gov that have been updated dozens of times in the years since first launch. This means that it’s rather inevitable that sites change without me always having a chance to update my tutorials, but that’s what we can do here!
Meetup, of course, has been around for eons, first launched in the summer of 2002, and during that time it’s definitely changed its look and user experience. The biggest change is that you can’t actually quit or leave a Meetup group from the page that shows information about a specific event. But let’s just jump into it…
MEETUP INVITES ME TO AN EVENT
I’m a member of the Denver WordPress Meetup, though honestly, I haven’t been to an event associated with the group for at least a few years. Here’s the invite I received:
It’s an online event, but at this point it probably makes sense for me to step away from the group. There’s no “leave group” link within email invitations, but let’s click “RSVP today” to jump to the site…
If you check out a list of upcoming events on the site, again, you won’t see a quit link:
But we clicked on the email, so this is where we ended up:
So many links, so much information. But… still no “quit” or “leave” message. Now what?
HOW TO ACTUALLY LEAVE A MEETUP GROUP
The secret is to actually click on the name of the group on any of these pages. When I click on “Denver WordPress Meetup”, I go to this page:
At this point we’ve just about solved it. See the box saying “You’re a member“? Click on it.
There’s what you want: “Leave this group“. Choose it.
At this point Meetup allows you to have the final word if you want to explain why you’re quitting the group:
Or you can just click “Leave the Group” and be done with it.
Either way, once you click that button, you’re out. Free. No more invites, no more messages from group members. I hope that helps you out!
Pro Tip: I’ve been writing about Meetup and other online sites for many years. Please check out my computer basics help area for more helpful tutorials. Thanks!
Well, this is July 24, 2024. More is gone, and so is I’m a Member. Your information, which matches many Google search responses is outdated. Those are no longer there.
You might not be logged in to meetup.com then, Kay. I just quit a meetup group to confirm that this is indeed exactly how it all still works and the screen images are entirely consistent with this tutorial! 🙂