You cannot delete an organization on uni. Deleting was taken out of the product because an organization's competitions, entries and history stay attributable to it, and one person stepping away should not erase all of that for everyone else. What you can do instead is archive it, hand it to someone else, or leave it.
Where these options live
- Go to uni.xyz/organizations/manage and open the organization.
- Go to its Settings page.
- The options are at the bottom of that page. You only see the ones your role allows.
Archive it, if you own it and want it closed
Archiving closes the organization without erasing it. Only the owner sees this option.
- On the Settings page, choose Archive organization.
- Confirm in the dialog.
Archiving takes the organization out of search and listings, and its public page stops loading. Nothing is destroyed: the record, the members and the competition history are all kept.
Two things to know before you archive:
- If the organization has a competition that is public or in review, archiving is refused until that competition is closed or concluded. The same guard applies to active classrooms and unused institutional credits.
- Reopening an archived organization is not something you can do from the Settings page today, because that page no longer loads once the organization is archived. Ask the UNI team to restore it.
Hand it to someone else
- Open the organization and go to Members.
- On the member who should take over, open the menu on their row and choose Transfer Ownership.
They become the owner and you become an admin. You cannot transfer ownership to yourself, or to a member marked as alumni. Only the current owner can do this.
Leave it
Anyone in an organization can leave it: Leave organization on the same Settings page. You lose your role there and any permissions that came with it, and you need a new invitation to rejoin. The organization and its work are unchanged.
If you are the only owner, leaving is refused, because it would leave the organization with nobody able to administer it. Transfer ownership first, or archive it.
Deleting your account does not delete your organizations
Deleting your personal account leaves every organization you belong to standing, including ones you own. If your account is a member of an organization, the deletion request is held for a person to review rather than running automatically, and you are emailed about what is holding it. See How to delete or deactivate your account.
Deletion of an organization still exists for the UNI team as a moderation action, for example for an organization created in error or in breach of the rules. If you think that describes yours, ask the team.