You can’t directly “swap” which bracket is in an ESPN group, but you can effectively change which one is there by removing the wrong bracket and adding the right one.

Below is a step‑by‑step guide tailored to ESPN Tournament Challenge (March Madness), which is what most people mean when they ask how to change which bracket is in a group on ESPN.

How it works in ESPN groups

In ESPN Tournament Challenge:

  • Each group can allow 1 or more brackets per user, depending on its settings.
  • You can’t move a bracket directly from Group A to Group B with one click; you remove it from one group and then add the desired bracket to the group.
  • Once the tournament locks , groups may no longer allow adding/removing brackets if the group is set to “Locked.”

Basic method: Remove wrong bracket, add correct one

Use this if the group already allows multiple entries OR doesn’t care which bracket you used before games start.

  1. Open Groups section
    • Log in to ESPN.
    • Go to the Tournament Challenge home, then open the Groups section from the banner/menu.
  1. Select the group
    • Click the group where the wrong bracket is currently entered.
  1. Open Group settings
    • Click the gear icon next to the group’s name to open the Group settings or “Group Details” panel.
  1. Remove your existing bracket from the group
    • Look for “My entries” or a list of brackets entered in the group.
    • Use “Remove entry” or similar to remove that bracket from this group.
  1. Add the bracket you actually want
    • From the Tournament Challenge home or your My Brackets page, find the bracket you want to use.
    • Join the same group again with that correct bracket (usually via “Join Group” or “Add to Group” on the bracket page).

At this point, the group will show the bracket you chose instead of the old one.

If you don’t see “Remove entry” (common issue)

A lot of people get stuck because the remove option doesn’t appear in the group settings. Common causes and workarounds:

1. Group only allows 1 bracket per user

If a group is set to allow only one entry per user , sometimes it auto‑attaches your first bracket and doesn’t easily let you swap it.

Workaround (if you are the group creator):

  1. Go to the group settings (gear icon).
  1. Find Entries per user and temporarily change it from 1 to 2 (or higher).
  1. Save settings.
  2. Go back to the group and add your new/correct bracket as a second entry.
  1. Now, in Edit Members / My entries , remove the original/wrong bracket.
  1. Return Entries per user back to 1 in the group settings.

This workaround is specifically mentioned by multiple users who ran into this exact problem.

2. You’re not the group creator and can’t edit settings

If you don’t see the ability to change entries per user or remove certain brackets:

  • You may be just a member , not the group creator.
  • Ask the group owner to:
    • Temporarily increase entries per user.
    • Add your new bracket.
    • Remove the old bracket.
    • Set it back to 1 entry per user.

If even they can’t see remove options, the group might be locked after tournament start.

If the group is locked

Groups have a Locked/Unlocked setting that controls whether members can add or remove brackets after the tournament starts.

  • If Locked :
    • You may not be able to remove or change brackets once games begin.
* Only the **group owner** can change group settings, and even then, ESPN may block bracket changes after tip‑off.

In that case, you usually must live with the bracket that’s already in the group for that year.

Mini FAQ

Q: Can I move one bracket directly from Group A to Group B?
A: Not in a single action. You remove it from Group A, then join Group B with that same bracket.

Q: I created multiple brackets. How do I pick which one goes into a group?
A: When you click Join Group , ESPN should let you choose which of your brackets to use. If it auto‑selects the wrong one, use the remove‑and‑re‑add method above.

Q: I’m the group creator and it auto‑added my bracket and my kid’s bracket, and I can’t remove them.
A: Use the entries per user workaround : temporarily allow 2+ entries per user, add the bracket you want, remove the unwanted one, then set entries per user back to 1.

One-line example

Imagine you made “Bracket A” and “Bracket B,” and your office group accidentally has “Bracket A.”
You would: open the group → gear icon → remove “Bracket A” → then join that same group with “Bracket B” from your My Brackets list (or use the entries‑per‑user trick if remove isn’t visible).

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.