Remove another team owner

OVERVIEW

This article describes how to remove another team owner from your team on Microsoft Teams.

Team owner(s) should remove another team owner according to the team membership management process chosen when requesting a team.

The team membership management process chosen when requesting a team. If you wish to change your membership approach, see Change between Group-managed and Manually-managed Team.

Note: For business continuity purpose, we highly recommend having at least two active team owners at any given time.

 

How to remove another team owner from a manually-managed team

Follow the instructions below if you have a manually-managed team (i.e., team owner(s) add/remove members via the "Manage Team" setting in MS Teams.).

Step 1. In MS Teams, go to a team you would like to remove another team owner and select the "More options" icon.

Step 2. From the drop-down menu, select "Manage team".

Step 3. Under the "Members" tab, locate the team owner you would like to remove in the "Owners" list. Change their role from "Owner" to "Member".

Step 4. Go to the "Members and guests" list, and select the "X" to the far right of the individual to remove them from the team. 

 

How to remove another team owner from a group-managed team

Follow the instructions below if you have a group-managed team (i.e., team owner(s) add/remove members via SFU Group). 

Step 1. In MS Teams, go to a team you would like to remove another team owner and select the "More options" icon.

Step 2. From the drop-down menu, select "Manage team".

Step 3. Under the "Members" tab, locate the team owner you would like to remove in the "Owners" list. Change their role from "Owner" to "Member".

Step 4. Go the SFU Groups.

Step 5. Remove the person from the security group that syncs to your team.

Individuals removed from the security group will be automatically synced and removed from your team within 2 hours.

 

 
 

 

 

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