How to leave a Slack workspace

Leaving a Slack workspace is inevitable, unless you’re lucky enough to score a job for life — otherwise you’re going to switch employers at some point, and an old chat is likely to become both irrelevant and confidential. Here’s how to leave any workspace, whether a standard one or in an Enterprise Grid.

How to leave a Slack workspace on desktop

Confusingly, Slack refers to leaving a standard workspace as deactivating an account. You’re not permanently severing your ties with the service, though — if you’re already involved in another workspace, it’ll continue to hum along.

Here’s how to leave a standard workspace using the Slack desktop app:

• Open the workspace you need to leave — if you use more than one, click on the company name in the top-left corner.
• Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner.
• Click More (the three dots), then Account settings. This will launch a Slack settings page in your web browser. You can also get there directly via my.slack.com/account.
• Scroll down and click Deactivate your account.
• When prompted, enter your password and click Confirm Password.
• Choose Yes, deactivate my account.
• Tick the box next to Yes, I want to deactivate my account, then click Deactivate my account.

As you can tell there are a few failsafes in place, and for good reason — you can’t rejoin a workspace unless an admin invites you back, and any messages, files, or profile info you don’t delete will remain. You can contact a workspace owner later and request profile deletion.

If you’re part of a Slack Enterprise Grid organization, you can quickly leave any non-default workspace by right-clicking on the workspace icon in the workspace switcher in the sidebar, then clicking Leave this workspace. If you need to leave a default one, talk to a workspace owner or admin.

How to leave a Slack workspace on mobile

There’s no direct mobile app option. Instead you’ll have log into your workspace account at my.slack.com/account, then follow the the rest of the desktop instructions above.

What happens when you leave a Slack workspace

We’ve already touched on this, but to recap and expand:

• Any shared messages or files stay in the workspace. You may be able to delete them before leaving.
• Your profile remains up, but after the fact, you can contact a workspace owner about profile deletion.
• Associated Slack apps may be disabled, although a workspace owner has the ability to re-enable them.
• Other workspaces are unaffected.

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