Activating and Deactivating Users

Activate/Deactivate Users (Delete Users)

Sometimes in your organization, the users' hierarchical status may change or they may move to different business units. In such cases, you might have to deactivate those users after changing ownership of the records to other users. Please note that a user once added in CRM cannot be deleted. The user can only be deactivated. When you deactivate a user:

• The user will no longer be able to access the CRM account.
• No one will be able to log into the service using the deactivated ID.
• You are free to use the same user license to add another user. 
• The user license is not canceled. You will be billed for the number of user licenses that you had bought.
• The user will be listed under Deactivated Users.

To deactivate a user

1. Log in to the Zoho CRM with Administrator privileges.
2. Click Setup Users & Permissions > Users.
3. In the Users page, move your mouse pointer to the user that you want to deactivate and click the Deactivate link.
   The user will be deactivated and a system generated email will be sent to the corresponding user.
   

To activate a user

1. Log in to the Zoho CRM with Administrator privileges.
2. Click Setup Users & Permissions > Users.
3. In the Users page, select the Inactive Users view.
4. Move your mouse pointer to the user that you want to activate and click the Activate link.
   The user will be activated and a system generated email will be sent to the corresponding user.
   

Unsubscribe User Licenses

When a user is deactivated, the user license is not canceled. You will be billed for the total number of user licenses that you had bought. On deactivating a user, if you no longer need that user license, then you need to unsubscribe the user license.

To unsubscribe user licenses

1. Click Upgrade.
2. In the Manage Subscription page, click Manage for your Edition.
3. In the Manage Subscription page, do the following:
   • Under Action, click Downgrade.
   • Under Users, select the Number of User Licenses that you want to unsubscribe.
4. Click Downgrade.

Delete Zoho Account (Close Accounts)

You can also close your Zoho account, if you do not want to use any of the Zoho services.

To close your Zoho account permanently

1. Log in to https://accounts.zoho.com.
2. Select the Close Account option.

Important Note:

• On closing your account, you will not be able to access our Zoho Services.
• Before closing, please ensure that you have exported all your data from the Zoho CRM system and also from the other Zoho services.
• Once you close your account, all of your data within Zoho services will be deleted immediately and cannot be restored in future.

Reset Password

Users with any role can reset their password individually by clicking on the Forgot Password link in the login page.

To reset the password

1. Click the Forgot Password link in the Log in page of Zoho CRM, the system redirects you to Zoho Accounts page.
2. In Zoho Accounts page:
   • Email ID: Specify the registered Email ID as mentioned in Account information.
   • Image Text: Enter the code as seen in the given picture.
3. Click Request.
   The system sends an automated email to your Email ID.
4. Click the given link 'here' in the email, you will be redirected to Zoho Accounts Password Reset page.
5. In Password reset page, enter your New Password.
6. Click Change.
   The new password is updated and you can use it to log in to all Zoho services.