> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.qrtub.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Leaving a Team

> Leaving from the Danger Zone as a member, and what happens when the owner leaves — the automatic ownership handover, who it picks, and why a sole owner cannot leave at all

Open the **Team** page and click **Leave Team** in the **Danger Zone** at the bottom. Confirm, and
your membership is gone. QRtub moves you to another of your teams, or shows "No team selected" if
that was your only one.

Leaving is immediate and there is no undo. You lose access to that team's Collections, Items, Links,
Pages and print batches, and getting back in requires a fresh invitation from the owner. Nothing you
created is deleted — it all belongs to the team.

## If you are the team's owner

An owner cannot simply walk away: a team always has to have an owner. Clicking **Leave Team** as the
owner opens a dialog headed **Transfer ownership and leave**, which lists the team's active members
and then tells you plainly that "the first active member will be selected as the new owner."

**You do not get to choose from that list.** The names are shown for information; the handover always
goes to the first member listed, which is the most recently added active member of the team. If a
specific person should end up owning the team, make sure they are the newest member before you leave —
removing other members, or re-inviting the intended person so their membership is the newest, are the
only levers you have.

Confirming does three things in order: the chosen member becomes the team's owner, your own role drops
to Editor, and then your membership is deleted. Because they happen in sequence, a failure at the last
step leaves you still in the team but no longer its owner — reload the Team page to see where you
ended up before trying again.

This is the only place ownership ever changes. There is no transfer-ownership button or screen
anywhere else in QRtub.

## If you are the only member

You get "You are the only member. You cannot leave." and nothing happens. A team with one member has
nobody to hand ownership to.

There is no delete-team option in the dashboard either, so a team you no longer want simply stays in
your switcher. If it holds a subscription you want to stop, deal with that in the team's Subscription
section rather than by trying to remove the team.

## What happens to the team after you leave

The team keeps everything: its Collections, Items, Links, printed codes and members. Its subscription
belongs to the team, not to you, so it stays attached and the new owner is the one who now sees the
Subscription section on the Team page.

Members who joined at your invitation are unaffected. Printed QR codes keep resolving exactly as
before — nothing about a scan depends on who owns the team.

## Related

* [Team Roles](/team/roles)
* [Removing Team Members](/team/remove-members)
* [Switching Between Teams](/team/switching-teams)
* [Team Overview](/team/overview)