You can delete, restore, and rename standalone Google Cloud
organizations to adapt your resource hierarchy as your business requirements
change. These lifecycle actions let you decommission retired environments,
recover accidentally deleted organizations within a 30-day restoration period,
and update organization display names.

## Delete a standalone organization

To delete a standalone organization, you must be the Organization Owner. For information about this role, see [Organization Owner](https://docs.cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/standalone-organization-overview.md.txt#organization-owner-responsibilities).

Before deleting the standalone organization, ensure the following:

- Delete all projects and folders that you created under that organization. For more information, see [Shut down projects](https://docs.cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects.md.txt#shutting_down_projects).
- Remove any active resources, such as access tags, hierarchical firewall rules, or access policies.

The organization deletion process has two stages:

- A 30-day soft-delete phase, during which you can recover your organization.
- A purge phase, which occurs 30 days after soft delete. After this phase, the system permanently deletes your organization.

To delete your organization, follow these steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **Organization details** page.

   [Go to Organization details](https://console.cloud.google.com/organizations/details)
2. Click **Delete**.

3. Enter the Organization ID in the confirmation dialog, and then click **Delete**.
   This process might take a few minutes. The system sends a confirmation email to all organization owners after the organization is deleted.

## Restore a deleted organization

You can restore an organization within 30 days of its deletion. You must have
the Organization Administrator role to view organizations pending deletion.

To restore a deleted organization, follow these steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **My organizations** page.

   [Go to My organizations](https://console.cloud.google.com/organizations/list)
2. Select the organization that you want to restore.

3. In the **Organization details** page, click **Restore**.

4. In the confirmation dialog that appears, click **Restore**. Organization
   restoration might take a few minutes.

## Rename an organization

To rename an organization, follow these steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **Organization details** page.

   [Go to Organization details](https://console.cloud.google.com/organizations/details)
2. Click **Rename**.

3. In the dialog, enter the new name for your organization. Ensure that the
   new organization name meets the following requirements:

   - Contains only letters, numbers, or hyphens.
   - Doesn't use a domain name. Domain names are reserved for Cloud Identity and Google Workspace organizations only.
   - Doesn't contain common words such as 'Google Cloud'.
4. Click **Rename** to save your changes.