Admins: How to delete a member from a Dropbox team

If someone leaves your organization, an admin can:

• Suspend their account temporarily.
• Delete their account permanently.
• Convert their account to an individual account.

How to delete a Dropbox team member

You can deactivate users in your team by deleting their account. Deleted team members immediately lose access to their Dropbox team account, along with all files, folders, and Paper docs. After deleting a team member, admins can reuse that license and invite another person to the team.

To delete a team member:

1. Log in to dropbox.com with your admin credentials.
2. Click Admin console in the left sidebar.
3. Click Members in the left sidebar.
4. Click More  next to the name of the person you want to remove.
5. Click Delete.
   •   Note: If your team is in locked state, you can’t delete team members, but you can disconnect them. Disconnecting a team member removes them from the team, and converts their account to a Dropbox Basic account. Learn more about disconnecting team members in locked state.
6. Choose when to transfer this member’s file content to another team member and whether to delete content from this member’s devices next time they come online.
   • Under Transfer this member’s file content to another team member?, select either Transfer now or Transfer later. If you select Transfer now, enter the recipient’s name or email address.
   • Under Delete content from this member’s devices next time they come online?, select Yes or No.
7. Click Continue.
8. Click Delete account.

What happens when I delete a team member?

When you delete a team member's account, several things happen:

• The team member loses access to the account, including all files and Paper docs.
• Shared links with edit or view access created by the team member remain active.
• Dropbox stops syncing files to the team member's computers and mobile devices.
• The team member receives an email notifying them that an admin deleted their account and that they no longer have access.

Can I delete my own account?

As the admin of a Dropbox team account you can't remove your own account from the team. Instead, you need to make another member of your team an admin, and then have the new admin remove your account.

Can team members delete accounts?

No, Dropbox team members can't delete their own accounts. They’ll need to contact an admin.