How to remove a collaborator from all folders at once.

Question

When an employee within my company with whom we shared multiple Box folders at various levels leaves our company, can we just remove him as a collaborator altogether within our account, with one click? Or do we need to search out all folders shared with him and remove him from each individually?

Jey Bueno Box · Answer

👋 Hi ​@cmack, welcome to the Box Community!This can be done in bulk on your end using the API or CLI. Here are a few community resources on these options:Delete Collaborators API:https://developer.box.com/reference/delete-collaborations-id/Delete Collaborators CLI:https://github.com/box/boxcli/blob/main/docs/Bulk%20actions/collaborations/collaborations-delete.csvPlease check out ourDeveloper Guidesfor more information.Admins can run theCollaborations Reportto obtain the collaboration ID for the external user and plug these values into the API or CLI.There are also a few features that may be helpful:Updating Collaborations via theContent Manager(can be performed by admins for managed users within the same enterprise)Updating Collaborations at theFolder LevelThese features still require you to go user by user and/or folder by folder, as they do not support bulk operations. If you need further assistance or are encountering an issue while removing a collaborator, please submit a support ticket.You may also check out the Managing Collaborators article for other possible solutions to manage collaborations, such as auto-expiration.Furthermore, ​​​​​​​if you're looking for a specific feature related to this functionality that isn’t available above, we highly recommend for you to postyour idea on Box Pulse. We're always striving to improve Box, and customer feedback is regularly reviewed by our Product Team for future consideration.Have a great day ahead!😊

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