How To Leave A Slack Workspace: A Step-by-Step Guide - MakeUseOf

If you no longer wish to stay in a Slack workspace and cannot figure out how to leave it, it's because the process is not as straightforward as it should be.

Apart from asking the admin to remove you from the workspace manually, there’s another way you can exit by yourself. Let's see how and what happens when you leave a Slack workspace.

What Happens When You Leave a Slack Workspace?

After leaving the workspace, you can rejoin the workspace only if the admin invites you back. So, make sure you want to leave the workspace for good and not just sign out. Here's what happens when you leave a Slack workspace:

• All the messages and files you sent will not be deleted.
• It won't delete your profile info (including name, photo, email, job title, etc.). If you want it deleted, ask the workspace owner to send a request to Slack for your profile deletion.
• The apps you installed in Slack will be disabled, but the owner can re-enable them.
• Leaving one workspace doesn't affect other workspaces you might be associated with.
• If you're the primary owner of the workspace, you can only leave the workspace after transferring the ownership to someone else.

Related: How to Delete a Slack Channel

How to Leave a Slack Workspace

1. Launch the workspace you want to leave.
2. Click on your profile picture and click on Profile.
3. Click on the More (...) option.
4. Click on Account settings and scroll down.
5. Select Deactivate your account.
6. Type your password and click Confirm Password.
7. Click Yes, deactivate my account.
8. Check the box next to Yes, I want to deactivate my account.
9. Click Deactivate my account.

Leave Slack Workspaces You No Longer Need

For some reason, Slack calls leaving a workspace as deactivating your account, which is frankly quite confusing, but they're the same thing. If you’re unable to reach out to the admin, you can deactivate your account by following the above steps.

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Note that if you’re a member of more than one workspace, deactivating your account in one doesn't impact the rest.