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Board cannot be closed – “Close board” option missing

Elisabeth Lesche
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July 26, 2026

I have one old board that behaves differently from all my other boards.

  • I am the only remaining member.
  • I am the board administrator.
  • The board is private.
  • All other boards show Close boardDelete board.
  • This specific board does not show the Close board option at all. The menu ends with Report abuse.
  • A copy of the board behaves normally and can be closed/deleted.

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Tomislav Tobijas
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July 26, 2026

Hi @Elisabeth Lesche ,

Interesting case... Can you check what the current workspace status is? For example, if a Free Workspace has more than 10 collaborators, all boards within that Workspace become view-only until the number of members is reduced. In a view-only state, administrative actions like closing the board are disabled.

An alternative could be to potentially move the board to a personal Workspace or a different Free Workspace where you have full permissions.

  1. Open the board menu.

  2. Select More, then Settings.

  3. Select Change Workspace and move it to a Workspace where you are the sole member.

Nothing else actually comes to my mind atm. So, the question is: is this board located in the same workspace as the rest, and what's the status of that workspace?

Cheers,
Tobi

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