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Remove Team Member

Removes a member from a team.

Accounts can have their files transferred via the admin console for a limited time, based on the version history length associated with the team (180 days for most teams).

Permission: Team member management.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Dropbox Business documentation.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
Admin Identification MethodSelect to send errors during the transfer process to an admin, and choose the method for identifying the recipient.

Note: If you choose to transfer files from the deleted member's account to a selected user, then this argument must be provided.
Keep AccountDowngrade the member to a Basic account. The user will retain the email address associated with their Dropbox account and data in their account that is not restricted to team members.

In order to keep the account the argument Wipe Data should be set to false.
Retain Team SharesIf provided, allows removed users to keep access to Dropbox folders (not Dropbox Paper folders) already explicitly shared with them (not via a group) when they are downgraded to a Basic account.
Users will not retain access to folders that do not allow external sharing.
In order to keep the sharing relationships, the arguments Wipe Data should be set to false and Keep Account should be set to true.
Team Member EmailThe email address of the user to remove/suspend/have their files moved.
Team Member External IDThe external ID of the user to remove/suspend/have their files moved.
Team Member IDIdentity of user to remove/suspend/have their files moved.
Transfer Admin EmailIf provided, errors during the transfer process will be sent via email to this user, identified by their email. Provide only if you chose the email method.

Note: If you choose to transfer files from the deleted member's account to a selected user, then this argument must be provided.
Transfer Admin External IDIf provided, errors during the transfer process will be sent via email to this user, identified by their external ID. Provide only if you chose the external_id method.

Note: If you choose to transfer files from the deleted member's account to a selected user, then this argument must be provided.
Transfer Admin IDIf provided, errors during the transfer process will be sent via email to this user, identified by their team member ID. Provide only if you chose the team_member_id method.

Note: If you choose to transfer files from the deleted member's account to a selected user, then this argument must be provided.
Transfer Destination EmailIf provided, files from the deleted member's account will be transferred to this user, identified by their email address.

Note: Provide only if you chose the email method.
Transfer Destination External IDIf provided, files from the deleted member's account will be transferred to this user, identified by their external ID.

Note: Provide only if you chose the external_id method.
Transfer Destination Identification MethodSelect to send files from the deleted member's account to a user, and choose the method for identifying the recipient.
Transfer Destination Team Member IDIf provided, files from the deleted member's account will be transferred to this user, identified by their team member ID.

Note: Provide only if you chose the team_member_id method.
User Identification MethodThe method by which the user is identified.
Wipe DataIf provided, controls if the user's data will be deleted on their linked devices.

Example Output

{
".tag": "complete"
}

Workflow Library Example

Remove Team Member with Dropbox Business and Send Results Via Email

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