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Assign admin rights to another user and delete a user

  • June 15, 2026
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Hi,

struggling to reassign admin rights to a member user.

Have followed the steps and it doesnt work, keep getting a error.

I dont require access after reassigment of admin rights, so can be deleted.

 

Best answer by Rona Box

Hi ​@yj6aa

Welcome to Box Community, and we’re reaching out to assist transfer the Admin role and delete your Box account. 

 

Only after you have fully transferred the Admin privileges, your new Admin can delete your Box account later on. 

 

First, here are the steps in transferring the Admin privileges: 

Requirements

  • This task can be performed only by the current Box Admin for your organization, logged in as the Box Admin.
  • The current administrator’s email domain, and the email domain of the managed user who will be assigned the Admin role, both need to be verified domains.
  • If there are no verified domains, an error will display when trying to transfer admin privileges to another user.
  1. While logged in as your organization’s Box account Admin, go to Admin Console > Users and Groups.
  2. Click the Managed Users tab.
  3. Click your Admin account in the list of users (it will have the value Admin in the Role column).
  4. In the Role and Access Permissions section, click Edit.
  5. In the Role field, click the Change Account Admin link.
  6. In the Select Your Role field, select a new role. You can either set yourself to be a Co-Admin, which will allow you to retain some administrative control of the account, or as a general user on the account, which will remove your access to the Admin Console.
  7. In the New Admin field, enter the name of the managed user that will be the new Box account administrator.
  8. Click Save Changes.
  9. The existing administrator will receive an email notification to verify the change. The admin transfer will not occur until verified by the existing admin.

After completing these steps, your new Admin can act on deleting your Box account. 

 

Hope it helps! 

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Rona Box
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  • June 15, 2026

Hi ​@yj6aa

Welcome to Box Community, and we’re reaching out to assist transfer the Admin role and delete your Box account. 

 

Only after you have fully transferred the Admin privileges, your new Admin can delete your Box account later on. 

 

First, here are the steps in transferring the Admin privileges: 

Requirements

  • This task can be performed only by the current Box Admin for your organization, logged in as the Box Admin.
  • The current administrator’s email domain, and the email domain of the managed user who will be assigned the Admin role, both need to be verified domains.
  • If there are no verified domains, an error will display when trying to transfer admin privileges to another user.
  1. While logged in as your organization’s Box account Admin, go to Admin Console > Users and Groups.
  2. Click the Managed Users tab.
  3. Click your Admin account in the list of users (it will have the value Admin in the Role column).
  4. In the Role and Access Permissions section, click Edit.
  5. In the Role field, click the Change Account Admin link.
  6. In the Select Your Role field, select a new role. You can either set yourself to be a Co-Admin, which will allow you to retain some administrative control of the account, or as a general user on the account, which will remove your access to the Admin Console.
  7. In the New Admin field, enter the name of the managed user that will be the new Box account administrator.
  8. Click Save Changes.
  9. The existing administrator will receive an email notification to verify the change. The admin transfer will not occur until verified by the existing admin.

After completing these steps, your new Admin can act on deleting your Box account. 

 

Hope it helps!