Deactivate a member's business relationship

Owners and admins can deactivate members' accounts. Go along in heed that your part in Slack volition determine the types of accounts you're able to conciliate.

Tip: See our Fair Billing Policy to larn how deactivated member accounts impact billing.


Who can deactivate member accounts

Locate your owner or admin role in the table below to see the types of accounts you can deactivate.

Gratuitous, Pro, and Business concern+ plans

Enterprise Grid program

Workspace Admins Workspace Owners Workspace Main Owner
Deactivate members and guests
Conciliate Workspace Admins
Deactivate Workspace Owners
Deactivate a Workspace Master Owner*


*No one can deactivate the Workspace Primary Possessor. To deactivate this person, the Principal Possessor must transfer ownership to someone else.

Org-level permissions

Org Admins Org Owners Org Master Owner
Conciliate members and guests
Deactivate Workspace Admins and Owners
Deactivate a Workspace Chief Owner*
Deactivate Org Owners and Admins
Deactivate a Primary Org Owner*


*No 1 tin can conciliate the Org Primary Owner or a Workspace Main Owner. To deactivate these accounts, they must transfer ownership to someone else.


Workspace-level permissions

Workspace Admins Workspace Owners Workspace Chief Possessor
Deactivate members and guests
Deactivate Workspace Admins
Deactivate Workspace Owners
Deactivate a Workspace Primary Owner**


**No one tin can deactivate the Workspace Master Owner. To deactivate this person, the Main Owner must transfer ownership to someone else.


Deactivate someone'southward account

People aren't notified when their accounts are deactivated, nor are their letters or files deleted. They'll be signed out of your workspace(s) on all devices, and unable to sign dorsum in. Some apps may likewise be disabled when sure accounts are deactivated. If you change your mind, you tin reactivate an account.

Free, Pro, and Concern+ plans

Enterprise Grid plan

Review the permissions in a higher place, then use the steps below to deactivate someone's account.

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the acme left.
  2. Select Settings & administration from the menu, then clickManage members.
  3. Click the iii dots icon to the correct of the memberyou'd like to conciliate.
  4. Select Conciliate account .

Review the permissions above, and then use the steps below to remove someone from a workspace or conciliate an account.


Remove someone from a workspace

On the Enterprise Grid plan, accounts tin can't be deactivated at the workspace level, but people can be removed from workspaces. Go along in mind that anyone you remove from your workspace will remain office of the Enterprise Grid org.

Here's how to remove someone:

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace proper noun in the top left.
  2. Select Settings & administration from the menu, then clickManage members.
  3. Click the three dots icon to the right of the memberyou'd like to remove.
  4. Select Remove from workspace .


Conciliate an account

On the Enterprise Grid plan, you tin just conciliate an account at the org level. Anyone you deactivate will be removed from channels, signed out of all workspaces, and removed from your org. Utilise the steps below to deactivate an business relationship:

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace proper name in the elevation left.
  2. Select Settings & administration from the bill of fare, and then clickOrganization settings.
  3. Click People in the left sidebar, and so select Members.
  4. Check the box next to any members y'all'd similar to deactivate .
  5. Click Conciliate to a higher place the listing of members.

Note: Deactivating a member'due south business relationship does non delete profile information, like total name, brandish name, or profile picture. Only a Primary Owner tin can request to delete a member's profile data.

Who tin use this feature?

  • Workspace Owners/Admins or Org Owners/Admins
  • Available on all plans