You can deactivate an account at any time. This section describes the prerequisites and steps to deactivate an organization account. For information on deactivating a user account, see Deactivate a user account.

Warning

All Docker products and services that use your Docker account or organization account will be inaccessible after deactivating your account.

Prerequisites#

Before deactivating an organization, complete the following:

• Download any images and tags you want to keep: docker pull -a <image>:<tag>.

• If you have an active Docker subscription, downgrade it to a free subscription.

• If you have an active Docker Scout subscription, downgrade it to a Docker Scout Free subscription.

• Remove all other members within the organization.

• Unlink your Github and Bitbucket accounts.

Deactivate#

Once you have completed all the previous steps, you can deactivate your organization.

[!WARNING]

This cannot be undone. Be sure you've gathered all the data you need from your organization before deactivating it.

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1. In Admin Console, choose the organization you want to deactivate.
2. Under Organization settings, select Deactivate.
3. Enter the organization name to confirm deactivation.
4. Select Deactivate organization.

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1. On Docker Hub, select Organizations.
2. Choose the organization you want to deactivate.
3. In Settings, select the Deactivate Org tab and then Deactivate organization.

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