Remove User from Azure DevOps: Permissions and Organization

To remove a user from Azure DevOps, you need to consider their permissions and organization. Azure DevOps uses a hierarchical structure, with users belonging to a project or organization.

You can remove a user from a project by going to the project settings and clicking on "Security" under "Project settings". From there, you can select the user you want to remove and click on the "Delete" button.

Azure DevOps also allows you to remove a user from an organization, which will automatically remove them from all projects within that organization. This can be done by going to the organization settings and clicking on "Users" under "Organization settings".

Removing users from a team in Azure DevOps can be a straightforward process. You can remove a user from the Teams groups they belong to.

To remove a user from a team, you'll need to access the Members page of the team group. This is where you can manage membership and make changes.

You can remove a user from the Contributors group for the project, which is another way to remove them from a team. For more information on adding users, see the article on adding users to a project or specific team.

Removing a user from a team group or security group can be done from the Members page. This page provides a clear view of all team members, making it easy to make changes.

To remove a user from your Azure DevOps organization, you'll need to sign in to your organization's dashboard at https://dev.azure.com/{yourorganization}. From there, select Organization settings, then Users. You can then select the user you want to remove and choose Remove from organization.

If the option isn't available, you'll need to check the prerequisites. To confirm that you removed the user completely, make sure they aren't in any of your security groups.

To remove a user from your organization, you can also use the context menu next to the user's name. Select Remove from organization and then choose Remove in the confirmation dialog.

If you deleted paid users with Basic or higher features, be sure to reduce the users in Organization settings to avoid charges in your next Azure billing cycle. This is because paid users get billed monthly, and your bill reflects these changes in the following month.

Here's a step-by-step guide to removing a user from your organization:

1. Sign in to your organization: https://dev.azure.com/{yourorganization}.

2. Select Organization settings.

3. Select Users.

4. Select the user you want to remove and choose Remove from organization.

5. Choose Remove in the confirmation dialog.

6. Reduce the users in Organization settings if you deleted paid users with Basic or higher features.

You have the ability to delete a team project, but only if you have the Delete team project permission assigned to you.

This permission is granted to members of the Project Administrators group, except for the Delete shared Analytics views and Edit shared Analytics views permissions which are not set.

To edit project-level information, you'll need to have the Edit project-level information permission, which is also assigned to members of the Project Administrators group.

Managing project properties requires the Manage project properties permission, another one granted to members of the Project Administrators group.

You can rename a team project if you have the Rename team project permission, which is part of the permissions associated with project-level information.

Suppressing notifications for work item updates is possible with the Suppress notifications for work item updates permission, also assigned to members of the Project Administrators group.

Updating project visibility requires the Update project visibility permission, another one granted to members of the Project Administrators group.

To view project-level information, you'll need to have the View project-level information permission, which is granted to members of the Project Administrators group.

Here's a summary of the permissions associated with project-level information:

The permission to add or remove project-level security groups and add and manage project-level group membership is assigned to all members of the Project Administrators group.

Removing users from a project in Azure DevOps can be done by removing them from the Teams groups they belong to or the Contributors group for the project.

You can remove a user from the Members page of a team group or security group.

To remove users from a team or project, you need to remove them from the Teams groups they belong to or the Contributors group for the project.

For more information on adding users to a project or specific team, see the relevant documentation.