Automatic guest removal allows super admins to automatically remove guests after a certain period of time of inactivity, reducing security risks for organizations. Automatic guest removal reduces manual work for super admins and makes guest management easier.
Inactivity time limits
Super admins can set the following domain-wide inactivity time limits for guests:
- 15 days
- 30 days
- 60 days
- 90 days
- 120 days
- 180 days
Guests with a last activity date of over X days ago will be automatically removed from the organization unless they've been exempted.
A user will be defined as active if they have engaged with Asana via mobile, web, or email. Read more about how last activity is defined.
Setting inactivity day limits
To set inactivity day limits, you must enable this control from the admin console’s security tab.
- Navigate to the Security tab in the admin console
- Scroll down to Admin controls, and click Guest settings
- Turn on the toggle for automatic guest removal
- From the drop-down, select the number of days you want to remove inactive guests after
- Click Save
The first time this is set, automatic removals will happen within 24 to 48 hours. Afterward, automatic removals will happen once per day.
Newly invited or recently restored guests will have a grace period of X days to become active. They will be automatically removed if they do not become active within this timeframe.
Individual guest exemptions
Admins and super admins can set exceptions for individual guests so their access never expires.
To set individual guest exemptions:
- Navigate to the Members tab in the admin console and click the three dot icon next to the member’s name
- Head to the Security tab
- Turn on the toggle for “Exclude from automatic guest removal”
The user won’t be automatically removed even if they were last active beyond the limit.
Monitoring last activity
Admins can monitor guests’ last activity through the admin console. To see their last activity, navigate to the Members tab in the admin console and look for the Last activity column.
Guests and admins will not be notified that they will soon be removed or have been removed.
Tasks of removed guests
When you remove guests, their tasks are added to a project, which is owned by the super admin you’ve assigned in the Member removal settings in the admin console.
Defining last activity
The following are triggers which update the guest’s last activity:
- Loading the mobile app
- Clicking or taking keystroke in the web or desktop app
- Creating, completing, liking a task, or generating a comment via email