Without a doubt, Slack is a business tool that unifies various teams either for short-term or long-term projects. When you hire someone to work for you, sooner or later, you might decide to disengage the person, or the individual might leave on his own, especially when the project being worked on is done. You might be interested in this guide: 5 Tips To Work Smarter In Google Docs On MacOS and PC.
As you can not leave someone that isn’t part of your team anymore to be having access to information at will, it is the reason why Slack being a business tool has a ‘deactivation’ feature to shut any account whose service isn’t required any longer.
That being said, the guide you are about to read is how to deactivate a member’s account on Slack.
However, before we go further, it is of importance to note that your role in Slack will determine the types of accounts you’re able to deactivate. In short, only owners and admins can deactivate members’ accounts.
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Also, note that people aren’t notified when their accounts are deactivated, nor are their messages or files deleted. They’ll be signed out of your workspace(s) on all devices, and unable to sign back in. Some apps may also be disabled when certain accounts are deactivated. However, you can reactivate the account, if need be.
Steps to deactivate a member’s account on Slack
Here are the step-by-step guides to deactivating a member’s account on Slack.
Step 1: Launch Slack and click your workspace name on the top-left side of your screen.
Step 2: Go to “Settings & Administration” on the menu
Step 3: Now click on “Manage members.”
Step 4: Click on the “three dots” to the right of the member you’d like to deactivate. Then select “Deactivate Account.”
Step 5: Now, click “Deactivate.”
That’s all. The account has been deactivated.
As said earlier, if you ever change your mind, you can reactivate a member’s account to give them access back to your workspace. All you have to do is:
Navigate to the “Manage Members” page and search for the deactivated account from the list.
Then click the three dots icon next to the account. Now, tap “Activate account.”
You can see that it is not rocket science to deactivate and reactivate an account on Slack? Do visit this page for more updates and guides.
