> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hiveku.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Change a Teammate's Role or Remove Them

> Give a teammate a different role when their job changes, remove someone who has left, or hand the account to a new owner

A teammate's role decides what they can see and change in Hiveku. When someone's job changes, change their role. When someone leaves, remove them, so they can't sign in to your account any more.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The pictures come from a real team, so names, photos and email addresses are blurred. Each window was opened and closed with **Cancel**, so nobody's access changed.

## Open a teammate's menu

Click **Settings** at the bottom of the left rail, then **Team Members**. Find the person and click the three dots at the end of their row. You need a role that can manage the team, such as Owner or Admin.

![Three team members with their names and photos blurred; the first, a Member last seen Jun 4, has its menu open: View Activity, Change Role, outlined, Transfer Ownership, and Remove Member, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/1859FuCSMYx48fyu/images/how-tos/account/rm-01-menu-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1859FuCSMYx48fyu\&q=85\&s=c29b9dbe4c93fb23df092536544ab8f8)

A teammate's menu

## Change their role

**1. Click Change Role**

The window shows the person's email address and their current role.

**2. Pick the new role and save**

Choose from **Admin**, **Manager**, **Finance / Accountant**, **Sales**, **Marketing**, **Support**, **Member** and **Viewer**, or a custom role you've built. Click **Save**.

![Change Role: Member, the person's email address blurred; Role, Member, outlined; Cancel; and Save, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/1859FuCSMYx48fyu/images/how-tos/account/rm-02-change-role-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1859FuCSMYx48fyu\&q=85\&s=1bbe8467de08116fd87fc403017542ee)

Changing a role

A few things Hiveku won't let you do:

* **Change your own role.** Ask another owner or admin.
* **Give more access than you have.** A role you can't hold yourself can't be given to someone else by you.
* **Make someone the owner here.** **Owner** isn't in the list: the account changes hands only with **Transfer Ownership**, below.

To see what each role can do, see [Roles & Permissions](https://docs.hiveku.com/settings/permissions.md). If none of them fits, [build a custom role](https://docs.hiveku.com/how-tos/account/build-a-custom-role.md).

## Remove someone who has left

Click **Remove Member** in their menu. Hiveku asks first: they lose access to every project and all the account's data. Click **Remove**.

![Remove Team Member: This will remove the person, their email address blurred, from this account. They will lose access to all projects and data. Cancel, and Remove, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/1859FuCSMYx48fyu/images/how-tos/account/rm-03-remove-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1859FuCSMYx48fyu\&q=85\&s=fda0e791e9ca43121bad625e9263d467)

Removing asks first

Any AI connections they made in your account, such as Claude or ChatGPT, stop working when you remove them.

## Hand the account to a new owner

An account has exactly one owner. Only the owner sees **Transfer Ownership** in a teammate's menu. Hiveku asks first, then makes that person the owner straight away and makes you an Admin.

## Good to know

* **What someone did.** **View Activity** in their menu lists what that person did in the account.
* **Adding people.** See [Invite a Teammate](https://docs.hiveku.com/how-tos/account/invite-a-teammate.md).
* **The owner's own row** has no **Change Role**: the owner changes only with **Transfer Ownership**.


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