# Delete a team

Only the owner can delete a hosted team. The team locks at once and is deleted 7 days later, and any admin can cancel in between.

## Before deleting

Download the team's data first: on the Team page, under **Your team's data**, choose **Download your team's data**. The .zip holds the team's records, numbers, members and audit log, and stays available while a deletion waits. [Exporting your data](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/your-data#exporting-your-data)

## Deleting

Only the owner can do this. On the Team page, choose **Delete the team**, type the team's name to confirm, and choose **Delete the team** again. **Keep the team** backs out.

1. **The team locks at once.** Members can't sign in or use their AI tools. Admins can still open the Team page and download everything.
2. **Any admin can cancel for 7 days.** Admins see "This team will be deleted on" the date, with **Cancel the deletion**. Cancelling unlocks the team, with nothing lost.
3. **After 7 days, ZeroWidth deletes the team.** People who belong to no other team are deleted with their sign-ins. People on another team keep their accounts.
4. **Backups holding the team's data are gone 7 days after that.**

ZeroWidth sends a written confirmation once the team is deleted, with what was deleted and the date the backups are gone.

## Leaving a team instead

A member can leave a team without deleting the team. The decisions the member made stay in the record, still attributed to them. [Members and sign-in](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/members)