Remove an admin

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  pib003 · Member · Nov 2, 2020 at 9:14 pm

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  I am trying to delete an administrator from my site, but I get this error message: ‘there was an error removing ______.’ How do I fix this?
  Thank you!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 2, 2020 at 10:49 pm

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  What is the URL of the site with the problem, and who are you trying to remove?

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  pib003 · Member · Nov 3, 2020 at 1:20 am

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  Hi, thank you for your help! The blog is https://wordpress.com/home/bibliotherapyforlibrarians.wordpress.com
  and the admin we’re trying to remove is zhutouhuaidan

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  kokkieh · Staff · Nov 3, 2020 at 4:50 am

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  Hi there,

  You’re unable to remove that admin from the site, because that user is the one who created, and still owns the site. A site owner cannot be removed by another admin.

  The only way to remove that user is for them to transfer ownership of the site to another admin. That process will automatically remove them as a user.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/transferring-a-site-to-another-wordpress-com-account/