This article explains how to delete employees in Personio. 

There are three different ways that you can do this:

• Delete employees via the Employee List
  This action cannot be reversed, and their data cannot be restored.
• Delete employees via the employee's profile
  This action cannot be reversed, and their data cannot be restored.
• Terminate the employment 
  Follow these steps if you are unsure about permanently deleting the employee and all of their data.

Delete employees via the Employee list

To delete employees in the Employee list, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Employee list. 
2. Use the checkboxes to select one or more employees that you want to delete.
3. Click Actions and select Delete profile(s).

   

4. Click Delete to confirm the process.

Note:
Only administrators can see the Delete profile(s) option that is located within the Actions button.

Delete employees via the employee's profile

To delete employees in the employee's profile, follow these steps:

1. Go to the employee's profile. 
2. Click the Action button with the three dots at the top right and select Delete profile.

   

3. Click Delete to confirm the process.

Note:
Only administrators can see the Delete profile option that is located within the three dots icon.

Terminate the employment 

If you are unsure whether you want to irrevocably delete the employee with all of their data, you also have the option of terminating the employment and changing their status to Inactive.

Inactive employees cannot access Personio and are not counted in your subscription plan. However, they can be included in historical analyses.

You can find further information on the article Manage Terminations of Employment.

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Note
To see the Terminate employment option, employees need to be granted edit rights for the section where the Status attribute was allocated (Personal data, HR information...) through Settings > People > Employee Roles > Access rights.