How to Leave a Slack Workspace

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I needed to leave a couple of workspaces (Slack’s official term, although some people might call them a Channel,  Group, Community, etc) because the owners were getting a little too enthusiastic in getting people to be active.

How to Leave a Slack Workspace

I’m unsure why Slack has made it so unintuitive to leave a workspace. This is how to do it.

1. Open the Slack App

  • Click your profile picture at the bottom left.
  • Click “Profile”
Click your profile image.
Click your profile image.

2. Edit Profile

The Profile dialog box opens on the right.

  • Click the three dots.
Profile dialog opens on the right.
The Profile dialog box opens on the right.

3. Change Account Settings

Yes, you might be wondering where this is going.

  • After you click the three dots, your browser will open to the workspace’s URL, e.g. your-workspace.slack.com at your Account Settings tab.
  • Scroll down to Deactivate Account.
  • This is the scary part. No, you are not closing your Slack account. You are simply leaving this workspace.
  • Click “Deactivate your account.” You will be asked to confirm your Slack password and you will leave this workspace (after a few “Are you sure,” “Are you really, really sure” questions.)
Deactivate your account.
The last step to leave the workspace.

4. Clean Up the App

The desktop app will still show the exited workspace icon with an exclamation mark. To remove it, do the following:

  • Press Ctrl+Shift+S
  • Right-click the icon
  • Choose Remove

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