{"id":50009,"date":"2026-10-30T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/kb-2026-additional\/how-to-remove-a-worker-from-ats-cloud"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:53:43","slug":"how-to-remove-a-worker-from-ats-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/how-to-remove-a-worker-from-ats-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove a Worker from ATS Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delete Worker removes a worker profile through the employee administration API. This is different from marking the employee inactive, and it may have consequences for linked scheduling and historical records. In this document you will learn how to remove a worker from Attendico ATS Cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this option for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use deletion only after confirming that removal is genuinely intended. For an employee who simply stopped working, changing Status to Inactive may be the safer administrative action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An existing employee profile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review the employee\u2019s attendance, linked NFC cards, phone and scheduling dependencies before considering deletion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the controls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<dl>\n<dt><strong>Status<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Active\/Inactive switch for retaining the worker record.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Delete Worker<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Deletion action under the profile Actions section.<\/dd>\n<dt><strong>Confirmation<\/strong><\/dt>\n<dd>Dialog naming the employee to be removed.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step-by-step instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Workers and select the exact employee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verify the employee code and name in Worker Data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider whether setting Status to Inactive would meet the business need.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review any NFC cards or linked phone displayed in the profile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find Actions and select Delete Worker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read the warning and confirmation text carefully.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Approve only when permanent removal is appropriate under company policy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Return to Workers and check whether the entry was removed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The frontend calls deleteWorker and returns to the worker list on success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do not use delete as the default offboarding workflow without checking data-retention requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delete Worker removes a worker profile through the employee administration API. This is different from marking the employee inactive, and it may have consequences for linked scheduling and historical records.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worker-profiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50336,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50009\/revisions\/50336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attendico.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}