Deleting a Team removes it from the Manage Teams page and from every picker and moves it to the Recycle Bin. It is not gone at once. An Administrator can restore it, with its members, until the retention period ends.

Here is the test: is the Team finished for good, with no plan to use it again? If yes, delete it. If you want it back later with the same people, set it to Inactive instead.

Example: a Contract Migration Team moved the old contracts into Vendor Management. Once the migration is done, the Administrator deletes the Team. When Finance later asks for the migration notes assigned to that Team, the Administrator restores it from the Recycle Bin with its members intact, then deletes it again afterward.

Plan Availability	All plan types.
Permissions	Account Administrators delete and restore Teams.
Platform	Web
Related Reading	Deactivate or reactivate a Team Create and manage Teams Recycle Bin.

Deleted against inactive

A deleted Team:

leaves the Manage Teams page and every picker;
goes to the Recycle Bin, where it can be restored for 14 days on Trial, 30 on Team, 45 on Professional and 60 on Enterprise and Signature;
is gone for good after that, members and all.

An inactive Team keeps its place in the list and its members, stops being offered anywhere, and can be set back to Active at any time. See Deactivate or reactivate a Team.

Opening Manage Teams

Both paths need the Administrator role.

Select the workspace name at the top of the left sidebar, then Manage Teams.
Select your name at the top right, then Workspace Administration, then Manage Teams in the left menu.

Deleting a Team from the Teams list

Hover over the Team's row. Use the search box first if the list is long.
Select ... (Team options) at the right end of the row.
Select Delete Team, the red item.
A confirmation asks "Do you want to delete this team?" and shows the Team with its member count. It tells you how long the Team will be kept in the Recycle Bin for your plan. That is 14 days on Trial, 30 on Team, 45 on Professional and 60 on Enterprise and Signature. Select Delete Team.

The Team leaves the list at once.

A Manage Teams row with the ... Team options menu open, showing Edit Team and Delete Team.

The delete confirmation, with the Team card and the Cancel and Delete Team buttons.

Note: A deleted Team can be restored only until the retention period ends. After that it is gone with its membership.

What deletion changes

The Team leaves the Manage Teams list, every picker and every @mention list.
The access the Team granted stops. Members keep what they hold directly and through their other Teams.
Records already assigned to the Team keep the value, but the Team cannot be chosen for a new assignment.
The Team's place in a solution's Solution Managers list.

Note: Records keep the Team as a value, but nobody gets access through it any more.

Restoring a Team from the Recycle Bin

The Recycle Bin opens from three places, all to the same window. Select your name at the top right, then Recycle Bin. Or open the ... More Actions menu on the Manage Teams page or on Manage Members, then Recycle Bin.

Open the Recycle Bin and select the Teams tab. From Manage Teams it opens on that tab already.
Find the Team. Each row reads "You deleted the team" with the name, the day, and how long it is still available for restore. Find Deleted Items searches the tab, and the member list next to it filters by who deleted.
Select Restore on the row.

The Team reappears in Manage Teams with its members.

The tab itself states the retention. On a trial workspace it reads "Deleted Teams are kept here for 14 days, then permanently deleted", and the window notes that the number is based on your plan. The numbers are 14 days on Trial, 30 on Team, 45 on Professional and 60 on Enterprise and Signature.

The Recycle Bin's Teams tab with one deleted Team and the Restore control.

What each role can do here

Account Administrator: deletes and restores any Team.
Solution Manager, Solution Creator and General Access: cannot delete or restore a Team.
Guest: A Guest sees and comments on the records assigned to them, cannot be granted any other permission, even through a Team, and does not use a paid seat.

Using deletion day to day

The Contract Migration Team is deleted the week the migration closes. A month later Finance needs the migration notes that were assigned to it. The Administrator restores the Team from the Recycle Bin, exports what Finance needs and deletes it again.

Once a year, an Administrator reads the Manage Teams list and deletes the Teams nobody has used.

Tip: Review the Manage Teams list once a quarter. Set a Team Inactive first and delete it a quarter later if nobody asked for it.

Setting a Team Inactive instead

In the Status column of the Teams list, select Active on the row and choose Inactive. It applies at once. The Team keeps its members and can be set back to Active at any time. See Deactivate or reactivate a Team.

Frequently asked questions

How long is a deleted Team kept?

For 14 days on Trial, 30 on Team, 45 on Professional and 60 on Enterprise and Signature. The confirmation dialog and the Recycle Bin both state it.

What happens to records assigned to a deleted Team?

They keep the Team as the value. The Team cannot be chosen for new assignments.

Can I delete the Everyone Team?

It has no row on the Manage Teams page, so there is no Delete Team item for it.

Last verified 30 Oct 2026.

Deleting/Restoring a Team