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