# Remove a member

> Remove someone from a workspace.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="delete">DELETE</span><code>/workspaces/{workspace}/members/{username}</code></div>

Their roles on its repositories and their place in its teams go too; to keep them on a repository, add them back to it as an outside collaborator. Removing yourself is leaving ([`leave_workspace`](/reference/api/members/leave-workspace/)). Refused with `409` for the last owner. Owners only, signed in as a person.

Their roles on the workspace's repositories and their place in its teams go with them. Your own username is leaving, as [`leave_workspace`](/reference/api/members/leave-workspace/). `409` for the last owner. Recorded as `member.removed`.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`workspace`](/reference/mcp/#workspace) with `action` `remove_member`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`workspace:admin`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace` | string | Yes | The workspace's slug, e.g. "flagon-io". |
| `username` | string | Yes | The member's username. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X DELETE https://api.g1t.sh/workspaces/acme-labs/members/grace \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
true
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |