docs/docker-hub/deactivate-account.md

2.9 KiB

title description keywords
Deactivating an account or an organization Learn how to deactivate a Docker Hub account or an organization Docker Hub, delete, deactivate, account, organization

You can deactivate an account at any time.

Warning

If your Docker Hub account or organization is linked to other Docker products and services, deactivating your account also removes access to those products and services. {: .warning}

Deactivate a user account

Prerequisites

Before deactivating your Docker Hub account, ensure that you meet the following requirements:

  • You must not be a member of a company or any teams or organizations. You must remove the account from all teams, organizations, or the company.

    To do this:

    1. Navigate to Organizations and then select the organization(s) you need to leave.
    2. Find your username in the Members tab.
    3. Select the More options menu and then select Leave organization.
  • If you are the sole owner of an organization, either add someone to the owners team and then remove yourself from the organization, or deactivate the organization. Similarly, if you are the sole owner of a company, either add someone else as a company owner and then remove yourself, or deactivate the company.

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

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

  • Unlink your Github and Bitbucket accounts.

Deactivate

Once you have completed all the steps above, you can deactivate your account.

  1. Select your account name in the top-right of Docker Hub and from the dropdown menu, select Account Settings.
  2. From the Deactivate Account tab, select Deactivate account.

This cannot be undone. Be sure you've gathered all the data you need from your account before deactivating it. {: .warning }

Deactivate an organization

Before deactivating an organization, please complete the following:

Deactivate

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

  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.

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