> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ocoya.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create, switch and delete brands

> Adding a brand, moving between them, leaving one, and permanently deleting one.

Everything in Ocoya belongs to a brand — channels, posts, members, settings. This is how you add, switch, leave and remove them. For what a brand actually holds, see [Brands and channels](/help/brands-and-channels).

## Switch between brands

Select the brand name at the top of the left sidebar.

<Frame caption="The brand switcher. The brand you're in is greyed out, and New brand is at the bottom.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/ocoya/AXU_TbAvrsHP8A-m/images/screenshots/brand-switcher.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=AXU_TbAvrsHP8A-m&q=85&s=b1b525f7d0f66d38419b14305c71eccf" alt="Ocoya brand switcher menu headed Switch brand, listing three brands with the current one greyed out, and a New brand option at the bottom" width="548" height="432" data-path="images/screenshots/brand-switcher.png" />
</Frame>

The brand you're already in is greyed out. Everything you see afterwards — Planner, Channels, Inbox, Workflows — belongs to whichever brand is selected.

This is worth internalising, because most "where did my channel go?" questions turn out to be a brand you're not currently in.

## Create a brand

**New brand** at the bottom of the same menu. It needs a name, and that's all — you can fill in the rest of the profile afterwards.

A new brand starts empty: no channels, no posts, no members but you. It joins your existing subscription, so there's no second checkout.

If your plan caps brands, you'll see:

> Your current plan has reached its brand limit.

Every current plan — Starter, Team and Agency — allows unlimited brands. Only the legacy plans cap them, at 1 for Bronze, 5 for Silver and 20 for Gold. See [Legacy plans](/help/legacy-plans).

## Leave a brand

If you're a member of someone else's brand and no longer need access, open **Settings → Team**, find yourself in the list and select **Leave**.

Leaving removes your access immediately. Content you created stays — posts belong to the brand, not to you. You'd need a fresh invitation to get back in.

## Delete a brand

<Warning>
  Deleting a brand removes **all of its posts and all of its members**. It cannot be undone. Ocoya confirms first: *Do you really want to delete this brand? All users and posts within the brand will be removed.*
</Warning>

Open **Brand** in the sidebar, scroll to **Danger zone**, and select **Delete brand**.

Only **Owners and Admins** can reach the Brand page at all — Managers and Clients are redirected away from it, so they can't delete a brand by accident.

You also can't delete your way to nothing. Ocoya refuses to remove your last brand:

> You need at least one brand. Create or join another brand before deleting this one.

If you own the brand, you must keep owning at least one — so create or join another before deleting the one you own.

Before deleting, consider whether you actually want to:

* **Stepping away from a client?** Deleting destroys the history. Leaving the brand, or removing the other members, keeps it.
* **Reducing cost?** Brands don't cost anything individually on current plans, so deleting one saves nothing — [changing plan](/help/change-your-plan) does.
* **Need the content?** Export or reschedule anything you want to keep first. It goes with the brand.

<Note>
  The Danger zone also shows the brand's **API brand id** — the identifier you need when working with the [Ocoya API](https://docs.ocoya.com) or the MCP server.
</Note>

## Related

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  <Card title="Brands and channels" icon="layers" href="/help/brands-and-channels">
    What belongs to a brand, and what's shared across them.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Roles and permissions" icon="users" href="/help/roles-and-permissions">
    Who can create, delete and invite.
  </Card>
</Columns>
