When an administrator leaves your organization, follow best practices to delete their admin account while maintaining security of your Google Workspace account.
For users who have an administrator account and a separate user account, you can delete only their administrator account. If the person is leaving your organization, you delete both accounts. Learn more about revoking admin privileges .
Delete an admin account
Recommend steps to delete an administrator account and maintain the security of your organization’s Google Workspace account:
You must be signed in as a super administrator for this task.
- Suspend the user's administrator account
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While their account is suspended, the user can't access the Admin console and Google services. - Before you delete the account, follow best practices to maintain data security.
- (Optional) In the Google Admin console, review the Admin Reportunder the Auditcategory and filter for the admin’s name to identify possible unauthorized actions. Learn more
- Remove the administrator role from the user.
- Follow the steps to delete the user's account from your organization .
Note for super admin accounts
If you delete a user's account without removing their super admin role: On the Roles page, Super Admin > View adminsshows the old account as "undefined".
To remove undefined roles:
- Click Manage Assignments
- Click Remove Deleted Accounts
