How to delete your Slack account

Slack is a new way to communicate with your team. It’s faster, better organized, and more secure than email. You can only delete or deactivate your Slack account from a computer browser, you cannot do so through the app on a mobile device. You can also start the process from the Desktop if you wish. But you will be redirected to the browser to complete the deletion or deactivation.

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Deleting a Slack workspace cannot be undone. All messages and files will be irretrievable. Please take caution and consider exporting your data before deletion.

Note: Don’t delete your workspace if you just want to change your workspace’s name or URL. You also might want to export your data before deleting your workspace.. You may just want to deativate (leave) your Slack Workspace temporarily. This guide shows how to deactivate a Slack workspace. 

Workspace Deletion Authorization and Steps

Note: Only the Primary Owner of a workspace can delete it. If you’re not the person in this role, contact your Primary Owner for help. Else, you will NEVER see these “Settings & administration“, and “Workspace settings” 🙂

If you decide to do it, deleting your Slack workspace is straightforward. To do so, you need to go into the workspace settings. To get there, you first need to click on the workspace name in the top-right corner as shown below.
– Click on Settings & Administration.

In the dropdown menu, select “Workspace Settings” to open the workspace settings in a new tab (browser).

In the “Settings” tab, Scroll down to “Delete workspace” in the “Delete workspace” section.

Unfortunately, I will not be deleting my Slack account. Please follow the steps below to delete yours 🙂 To be able to delete your workspace, you first need to tick the checkbox labeled “I understand that all of my workspace’s messages and files will be deleted.” Next, you need to enter your password, then click “Yes, delete my workspace”. The highlighted steps below will help you.

Click Delete Workspace.
Check the box to confirm you want to delete the workspace.
Enter your Slack account password and click Yes, delete my workspace.

I hope you found this blog post helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comment session.