If you're a team owner, you can remove someone from your team.

  1. Next to the team name, select More options More options button > Manage team Settings button.

  2. On the next screen, select Members, then locate the team member under Members and guests. ​​​​​​​

    Tip: You can also search for a member by name. 

  3. Select Remove Teams Remove attachment X icon on the far right of the name of the person you'd like to remove.                      Screenshot of a team members list with add member, search, and remove options. Select the X on the right of a team member's name to remove them.​​​​​​​

To remove another team owner, first change their role from owner to member, then remove them.

After you remove someone from a team, you can always add them back to the team later on by selecting Add member.

Note: Team owners can remove members from a team, but only an admin can remove someone from the organization.

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