how to revoke slack workspace access during offboarding
Revokes Slack workspace access during offboarding: deactivating the user and transferring ownership. Use on employee exit day. Not for channel permission redesign.
TL;DR
Slack offboarding means deactivating the user promptly, transferring ownership of their channels and workflows, and confirming deprovisioning if Slack is tied to the IdP. Do it on exit day, not next week.
The query
how to revoke slack workspace access during offboardingUse this when
- employee offboarding checklist
- contractor engagement ending
- auditing active Slack users against HR
Not for
- redesigning channel permissions
- deleting message history (separate retention question)
- workspaces not connected to your IdP (manual process)
Steps
- Deactivate the user in the Slack admin console on exit day. Expected output: user deactivated
- Transfer ownership of channels and workflows they owned. Expected output: no orphaned channels
- If Slack is SCIM-provisioned, confirm the IdP deprovisioned the account. Expected output: IdP and Slack agree
- Check for shared channels with external orgs they participated in. Expected output: external access reviewed
- Revoke any user-level API tokens they created. Expected output: tokens revoked
- Document the deactivation in the offboarding ticket. Expected output: audit trail complete
Provenance
Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pstlIS7SziTsOgZSnOH1P6cg
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