need help with workspaces

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Thank you in advance!  
  
I have a workspace and a worker who logs in every day.  
  
I need to retain the workspace but remove access from the worker.  The only option I see is to delete the instance, however I have saved work on the instance and configurations I dont want to delete and have to re-do  
  
I dont see a way to change/remove user or change password.  So not sure how to accomplish removing the user without deleting the workstation ??

BrendaM · Answer

Hey  alwayslearning123

Unfortunately, you cannot retain your Workspace because before removing a user from a WorkSpace, you must delete the WorkSpace assigned to that user first.\[1]  
  
But you can create a new WorkSpace instance and still keep your old data.Amazon WorkSpaces regularly takes snapshots of both root and user volumes when your WorkSpaces are healthy\[2]. You can use these snapshots to recreate your new WorkSpace.\[2]  
  
Please also note that deleting a WorkSpace is a permanent action and cannot be undone. The WorkSpace user's data does not persist and is destroyed. If you need further  help with backing up user data, contact AWS Support.  
  
I  hope this answers your question.  
  
Regards  
Brenda  
  
References:  
  
\[1]https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/latest/adminguide/manage-workspaces-users.html  
\[2] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/09/amazon-workspaces-introduces-workspaces-restore-to-healthy-state/

alwayslearning123 · Answer

thanks!

need help with workspaces

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