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Remove Co-Owner who is no longer employed by the company

  • May 27, 2025
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As the Owner, I need to remove a Co-Owner who the company no longer employs.

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Hi Paul,

Welcome to Box Community and glad to assist!

If you are an editor, owner, or co-owner in a folder, you can remove collaborators from the folder.

To remove a collaborator from a folder:

  • Open the appropriate folder.

  • You will see a list of collaborators in the right-hand sidebar.

  • Click a collaborator's name to to view all the collaborators in this folder.

  • Find the collaborator whose access level you would like to modify. You can search by name using the Filter Collaborators search box in the upper right.

  • Under the Permissions column, click the user's access level to modify it. Select Remove. If the option is greyed out, you may not have the necessary permissions to remove that collaborator.

To remove a collaborator from a single file:

  • Locate the appropriate file

  • Click the Collaboration Icon () to the right of the file name.

  • Alternatively, you can open More Options > More Actions and select Manage Collaborators.

  • Find the collaborator whose access level you would like to modify. You can search by name using the Filter Collaborators search box in the upper right.

  • Under the Permissions column, click the user's access level to modify it. Select Remove. If the option is greyed out, you may not have the necessary permissions to remove that collaborator.

Hope it helps! 


  • New Member
  • July 23, 2025

Greetings! Does removing a co-owner also delete any content they have uploaded to Box or will it set it to Unknown User?