diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index eeba76f7ee..f0cb98c7a1 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `group` (
   `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `uid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
+  `deleted` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `name` char(255) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
diff --git a/include/group.php b/include/group.php
index 848db43bd3..dfec4afa03 100644
--- a/include/group.php
+++ b/include/group.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function group_rmv($uid,$name) {
 		);
 
 		// remove group
-		$r = q("DELETE FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("UPDATE GROUP SET `deleted` = 1 WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($uid),
 			dbesc($name)
 		);
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ function group_rmv($uid,$name) {
 		$ret = $r;
 
 	}
-	// TODO!! remove this group from all content ACL's !!
 
 	return $ret;
 }
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ $o .= <<< EOT
 
 EOT;
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d",
 		intval($_SESSION['uid'])
 	);
 	if(count($r)) {
diff --git a/mod/group.php b/mod/group.php
index 099ae7dd36..a3bd750f90 100644
--- a/mod/group.php
+++ b/mod/group.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function group_init(&$a) {
 function group_post(&$a) {
 
 	if(! local_user()) {
-		notice("Access denied." . EOL);
+		notice( t('Permission denied.') . EOL);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ function group_post(&$a) {
 		$name = notags(trim($_POST['groupname']));
 		$r = group_add($_SESSION['uid'],$name);
 		if($r) {
-			notice("Group created." . EOL );
+			notice( t('Group created.') . EOL );
 			$r = group_byname($_SESSION['uid'],$name);
 			if($r)
 				goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/group/' . $r);
 		}
 		else
-			notice("Could not create group." . EOL );	
+			notice( t('Could not create group.') . EOL );	
 		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/group');
 		return; // NOTREACHED
 	}
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function group_post(&$a) {
 			intval($_SESSION['uid'])
 		);
 		if(! count($r)) {
-			notice("Group not found." . EOL );
+			notice( t('Group not found.') . EOL );
 			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/contacts');
 		}
 		$group = $r[0];
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function group_post(&$a) {
 				intval($group['id'])
 			);
 			if($r)
-				notice("Group name changed." . EOL );
+				notice( t('Group name changed.') . EOL );
 		}
 		$members = $_POST['group_members_select'];
 		array_walk($members,'validate_members');
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function group_post(&$a) {
 			}
 		}
 		if($result)
-			notice("Membership list updated." . EOL);
+			notice( t('Membership list updated.') . EOL);
 	$a->page['aside'] = group_side();
 	}
 	
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function group_post(&$a) {
 function group_content(&$a) {
 
 	if(! local_user()) {
-		notice("Access denied." . EOL);
+		notice( t('Permission denied') . EOL);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -94,7 +94,22 @@ function group_content(&$a) {
 
 	}
 		
-
+	if(($a->argc == 3) && ($a->argv[1] == 'drop')) {
+		if(intval($argv[2])) {
+			$r = q("SELECT `name` FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				intval($argv[2]),
+				intval($_SESSION['uid'])
+			);
+			if(count($r)) 
+				$result = group_rmv($_SESSION['uid'],$r[0]['name']);
+			if($result)
+				notice( t('Group removed.') . EOL);
+			else
+				notice( t('Unable to remove group.') . EOL);
+		}
+		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/group');
+		return; // NOTREACHED
+	}
 
 
 	if(($a->argc == 2) && (intval($a->argv[1]))) {
@@ -104,7 +119,7 @@ function group_content(&$a) {
 			intval($_SESSION['uid'])
 		);
 		if(! count($r)) {
-			notice("Group not found." . EOL );
+			notice( t("Group not found.") . EOL );
 			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/contacts');
 		}
 		$group = $r[0];
@@ -115,10 +130,17 @@ function group_content(&$a) {
 				$preselected[] = $p['id'];
 		}
 
+		$drop_tpl = file_get_contents('view/group_drop.tpl');
+		$drop_txt = replace_macros($drop_tpl, array(
+			'$id' => $group['id'],
+			'$delete' => t('Delete')
+		));
+
 		$tpl = file_get_contents('view/group_edit.tpl');
 		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
 			'$gid' => $group['id'],
 			'$name' => $group['name'],
+			'$drop' => $drop_txt,
 			'$selector' => contact_select('group_members_select','group_members_select',$preselected,25)
 		));
 
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 17a670b93c..59f826fd93 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = false) {
 	$sql_extra = ''; 
 
 	if($group) {
-		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT `name`, `id` FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($group),
 			intval($_SESSION['uid'])
 		);
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = false) {
 		$contacts[] = $_SESSION['cid'];
 		$contact_str = implode(',',$contacts);
 		$sql_extra = dbesc(" AND `contact`.`id` IN ( $contact_str ) ");
+                $o = '<h4>' . t('Group: ') . $r[0]['name'] . '</h4>' . $o;
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/view/acl_selectors.php b/view/acl_selectors.php
index c0d3ddcd44..ac34fab3a1 100644
--- a/view/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/view/acl_selectors.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function group_select($selname,$selclass,$preselected = false,$size = 4) {
 
 	$o .= "<select name=\"{$selname}[]\" class=\"$selclass\" multiple=\"multiple\" size=\"$size\" />\r\n";
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d ORDER BY `name` ASC",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `name` ASC",
 		$_SESSION['uid']
 	);
 
diff --git a/view/group_drop.tpl b/view/group_drop.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c87ea459f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/group_drop.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div class="group-delete-wrapper" id="group-delete-wrapper-$id" ><a href="group/drop/$id" onclick="return confirmDelete();" ><img src="images/b_drophide.gif" alt="$delete" title="$delete" id="group-delete-icon-$id" class="group-delete-icon" onmouseover="imgbright(this);" onmouseout="imgdull(this);" ></a></div><div class="group-delete-end"></div>
diff --git a/view/group_edit.tpl b/view/group_edit.tpl
index 7cfd0fe3e0..e6c7afb490 100644
--- a/view/group_edit.tpl
+++ b/view/group_edit.tpl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 $selector
 
 </div>
+$drop
 <div id="group_members_select_end"></div>
 <div id="group-edit-submit-wrapper" >
 <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" >
diff --git a/view/style.css b/view/style.css
index 8b52693fa4..70f6f45f97 100644
--- a/view/style.css
+++ b/view/style.css
@@ -1404,3 +1404,7 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 	margin-left: 200px;
 }
 
+.group-delete-wrapper {
+	float: right;
+	margin-right: 50px;
+}
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