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Manage your hive

Every hive has one owner and any number of admins. From My Hives, open the ... menu on a hive tile for Leave and Transfer; the owner-only Delete lives inside the hive's own Dashboard, under a red "Danger zone". These actions are deliberately careful - deleting a hive asks you to type its name to confirm.

Transfer a hive

Only the owner can transfer a hive, and only to:

  • another admin of the hive - they receive a request and must accept it before ownership moves; or
  • one of your organisations - applied immediately, so the organisation's plan, members and storage take over.

If the person you have in mind is not listed, it is because a hive can only be handed to an existing admin. Invite them to the hive as an admin first (see People and invitations), then transfer - or transfer to an organisation you administer.

Incoming transfer requests appear in Invitations, where you accept or decline them.

Leave a hive

Leave hive removes you from the hive: you lose access to it and its contents, while the hive and everyone else stay. You can be invited back later.

The owner cannot leave - a hive always needs an owner. If you own it, SweetHive explains this and offers to transfer it instead. Hand ownership to another admin (or delete the hive) first, then you can leave.

Delete a hive

Deleting a hive removes everything in it - every context, message, file and membership - for everyone. Only the owner can do it, from the hive Dashboard → Danger zone → Delete this hive. To prevent mistakes you must type the hive's name to confirm.

Deletion is not immediate. It runs with a 30-day grace period:

  • the hive is locked read-only straight away - no new messages or invitations;
  • every admin is emailed and every member is notified in the app;
  • during those 30 days any admin can cancel the deletion - from the read-only banner on the hive, or from the link in the email (no sign-in needed);
  • after 30 days the hive and all its content are permanently deleted. This cannot be undone.

Changed your mind? While the hive is scheduled, open it and use Cancel deletion on the banner, or click the cancel link in the email. The hive becomes active again right away.