How to: Remove Users from a Default Group
Membership changes to a default server-level group made at the team project level will be reflected server-wide. Some default groups cannot have their membership changed. For more information, see Default Groups.
Required Permissions
To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Project Administrators group. Additionally, you must be a member of the Team Foundation Administrators group to remove a user or group from a Team Foundation Server server-level group. For more information about the permissions that are required for adding and removing users to projects and also to descriptions of server-level and project-level permissions, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.
To remove users or groups from a project-level default group
In Team Explorer, select the team project that the group is in.
From the Team menu, point to Team Project Settings, and then click Group Membership.
In the Project Groups dialog box, select the default group from which you want to remove users, and then click Properties.
In the Team Foundation Server Group Properties dialog box, in the Members tab, select the users or groups that you want to remove.
Click Remove.
Click OK.
Warning
When you completely remove a user or group from Team Foundation Server, any rules specifically and only for that user or group will also be removed. For more information about rules, see Conditional Field Rule Attributes. Those rules will no longer apply if you re-add that particular user or group. You must re-import the work item type that contains the rule specific to that user or group. For more information about importing work item types, see How to: Import a Work Item Type to an Existing Project.
To remove users or groups from a server-level default group
In Team Explorer, select the Team Foundation server.
From the Team menu, point to Team Foundation Server Settings, and then click Group Membership.
In the Global Groups dialog box, select the default group from which you want to remove users, and then click Properties.
Note
You can only modify the membership of the Team Foundation Administrators group by following these steps. You cannot modify the membership of the Team Foundation Valid Users group. To modify service accounts, you should use the TFSSecurity command-line tool. For more information, see Managing and Resetting Service Accounts and Passwords.
In the Team Foundation Server Group Properties dialog box, in the Members tab, select the users or groups that you want to remove.
Click Remove.
Click OK.
Warning
When you completely remove a user or group from Team Foundation Server, any rules specifically and only for that user or group will also be removed. For more information about rules, see Conditional Field Rule Attributes. Those rules will no longer apply if you re-add that particular user or group. You must re-import the work item type that contains the rule specific to that user or group. For more information about importing work item types, see How to: Import a Work Item Type to an Existing Project.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Remove a Server-Level Group
Concepts
Team Foundation Server Security Concepts
Team Foundation Server Security for Users and Groups
Team Foundation Server Permissions