Data, privacy and trust

Transfer ownership

Hand a workspace to someone else.

About 3 minutes

Every workspace has exactly one owner. Ownership can be transferred to another member.

Steps

  1. Make sure the recipient is already a member.
  2. Open workspace settings and transfer ownership.
  3. Confirm. They become owner; you become admin.

You're done when the member list shows the new owner.

Why it matters

The owner holds two capabilities nobody else can have: deleting the workspace and transferring ownership. A workspace whose owner has left the company is a workspace nobody can fully administer — transfer before someone leaves, not after.

Gotchas

  • Only an owner can transfer. If the owner is gone, this becomes a support matter rather than a setting.
  • You do not lose access. You stay as admin unless removed.

Checked against

  • endpoints/workspace/transferOwnership_POST.ts
  • helpers/humanPermissions.tsx