Remove someone from a team in Microsoft Teams

Applies To
Teams Microsoft Teams

If you're a team owner, you can remove someone from your team.

  1. Next to the team name, select More team options > Manage team .

  2. Select Members tab, then locate the team member under Members and guests drop down.

    Tip

    You can also search for a member by name in the Search members box.

  3. Select Remove  on the far right of the name of the person you'd like to remove.                      Screenshot of a team members list with add member, search, and remove options. Select the X on the right of a team members name to remove them.

To remove another team owner, first change their role from owner to member, then remove them.

After you remove someone from a team, you can always add them back to the team later on by selecting More team options > Add member .

Note

Team owners can remove members from a team, but only an admin can remove someone from the organization.