zulip/help/deactivate-your-organization.md

Deactivate your organization

{!owner-only.md!}

{start_tabs}

{settings_tab|organization-profile}

1. Under Deactivate organization, click Deactivate organization.

2. Select when the organization's data (users, channels, messages, etc.) should be permanently deleted.

3. Approve by clicking Confirm.

{end_tabs}

!!! warn ""

**Note**: This action cannot be undone by anyone in the organization. If you
deactivated your organization by accident, please contact your server
administrator ({{ support_email }}) as soon as possible, before the
deactivated organization's data is permanently deleted.

!!! warn ""

**Note**: You cannot create a new organization using the subdomain of a
deactivated one. If you need to reuse a subdomain, ask your server
administrator to change the subdomain of the deactivated organization first.