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Amy's avatar
Amy
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5 years ago

How to transfer a team member’s files

How to transfer a team member’s files   When someone leaves your team, there are a lot of practical things that need to be done. Files need to be moved, a user might need to be deleted, and e...
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Sammy Heidt
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi Amy! Thank you for sharing. A few of my old coworkers created several files that we still use today. If I delete their accounts without transferring the files, will the files also be deleted?

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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi Sammy Heidt, the files wouldn't be permanently deleted yet, but you can still transfer those files to another member on the team by following these steps.

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