How to Leave an Organization in Microsoft Teams (Personal Account)

This question I find really often among Microsoft Teams users. The pain point which I also experienced myself: I have been added to an organization some time ago. I don’t even know how I got there, probably someone added me by mistake. An interesting thing was that I was not able to see any teams in it. I knew no one from that organization who I can contact. I just kept seeing this organization under my Teams profile.

The issue with Organization in Microsoft Teams

As everyone else would have done, I started to search on internet tips, tricks, experiences, guidance how to remove it from my account. I found many people having the same question. The most common answer was that you need to log in to your account and check the organization section. But, when I tried to log in on the provided link, I got the message that I cannot login with a personal account!

And when I tried to log in with my personal account in the browser (the regular way like: outlook.com site and then type in my credentials – this was successful of course) in My Account section I could not see “Organizations” blade.

The solution how to leave Organization in Microsoft Teams

Then, I closed it all and in an incognito browser (since on the same device I use multiple profiles and accounts) I logged in with my private account.

On the second tab, I have added this link My Apps and from the drop down menu on the left hand side, I chose My Account.

Note: This works only if you go through my apps link. If you directly to My Account, then you will get the message that you cannot log in with a private account.

But, once you go through My apps and then My account, now you can see the organizational section. Here with a click you can leave the organization you want:

Once you choose to leave the organization, in approx. 30 minutes this organization will be removed from your Microsoft Teams profile.

Summary

In a couple of words, these are the steps you need to go through:

1: Open incognito browser

2: Open https://myapps.microsoft.com/ and login with the account you want to remove from the organization.

3: From the drop-down list choose My account

4: Click on the Organizations

5: Find the organization you want to leave and click on the Leave link.

 

About Gorana Konevska Jankoska 12 Articles
MSc Gorana Konevska Jankoska is an MVP, MCT and consultant, working with Microsoft brand for more than 18 years. Her area of expertise are: Microsoft 365, adoption, developing customized trainings, end user support. She enjoys running, reading books, playing piano, painting and spending time with her family.

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