# Problem deleting a project with no admin

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-deleting-a-project-with-no-admin/72865>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** web\
**Created:** [November 18, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-deleting-a-project-with-no-admin/72865 "2025-11-18T10:16:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![edulg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/edulg/32/29391_2.png) [@edulg](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/edulg)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-deleting-a-project-with-no-admin/72865/1 "2025-11-18T10:16:26Z")

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**Platform** :

**App version number** , if a mobile app issue:

**Browser** , if a website issue: Google

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**Screenshots of what you are seeing** :

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**Description of problem** :

Step 1: To delete this project I need to be an admin of the project

Step 2: I make myself admin

Step 3: A message saying “only the project admin can do that” appears

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**Author:** ![thomaseverest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thomaseverest/32/63220_2.png) [@thomaseverest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/thomaseverest)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-deleting-a-project-with-no-admin/72865/2 "2025-11-18T15:28:54Z")

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How did you end up without any admins? Is there no project owner either?