Grok Bot lets Enterprise team admins recreate or terminate Bot computers in bulk

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Grok Bot team admins on Enterprise can now recreate or terminate their members' Bot computers in bulk, restart them after a settings change, and terminate computers left unused for 30 days. A new switch also turns off Messaging Between Bots. https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computers https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security-faq https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/chat-and-collaboration https://docs.x.ai/developers/release-notes.md

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  1. 0:00Manage Bot Computers
  2. 0:16Recreate or terminate
  3. 0:30What members lose
  4. 0:46Restart after a settings change
  5. 1:02Terminate inactive computers
  6. 1:18Access stays
  7. 1:34Messaging Between Bots
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  1. Team admins on an Enterprise team can now manage their members' Grok Bot computers, alongside organization admins. Manage Bot Computers, on the Grok Bot dashboard page, recreates or terminates computers for many members at once.

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    Grok Bot team admins can now recreate or terminate Bot computers in bulk

    Manage Bot Computers
    Who Org admins, and team admins on Enterprise
    Does Many members at once
    SpaceXAI · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computers · Manage Grok Bot computers
  2. Both actions keep each member's durable disk, so their Bots, files and logins come back. Recreate moves them to the latest image and runs Team Setup again. Terminate stops the work, and their next message starts a fresh computer.

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    Recreate and terminate both keep the member's durable disk

    Recreate
    Latest image, then Team Setup
    Switches over once the new computer is ready
    Terminate
    Running work stops
    The next message starts a fresh computer
    SpaceXAI · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computers · Recreate or terminate
  3. Either action removes apps and packages members installed themselves. Anything Team Setup installs comes back. A terminate loses the turn that was running, and a recreate can drop sign-ins to company tools.

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    Apps members installed themselves are removed

    What members lose
    Either action Apps and packages they installed
    Terminate A turn that was running
    Recreate Sign-ins inside the computer can drop
    SpaceXAI · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computers · What members see
  4. After some team settings change, the Grok Bot page shows a restart notice. Enterprise team admins can run that restart themselves. It recreates every member's computer with the current settings. Terminate and delete stay under Manage Bot Computers.

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    Team admins can restart every computer after a settings change

    1 Restart VMs to apply changed settings
    2 Restart all VMs
    3 Recreate VMs
    SpaceXAI · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computers · Restart after a settings change
  5. Terminate Inactive Computers cleans up idle computers, and it's off by default. Turned on, it terminates any computer unused for 30 days, including ones already past that mark. A computer with a Bot at work is left alone.

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    Grok Bot can terminate computers left unused for 30 days

    Terminate Inactive Computers
    Default Off
    Terminates Computers 30 days without use
    Grace period None, older computers included
    SpaceXAI · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computers · Terminate inactive computers automatically
  6. Terminating a computer, by hand or automatically, only ends the member's current work. To remove access, take the member off the team or turn off their access with Manage Group Access, then revoke their sessions in your identity provider.

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    Terminating a computer doesn't remove a member's access

    Terminate
    Ends The member's current work
    Remove access
    Do Take them off the team, or Manage Group Access
    Then Revoke sessions in your identity provider
    SpaceXAI · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security-faq · What happens to data when an admin terminates a computer
  7. A team admin can also turn off Messaging Between Bots, which is on by default. While it's off, members' Bots can't message other Bots or hand them work, and other Bots can't message them.

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    Team admins can switch off Messaging Between Bots

    Messaging Between Bots
    Default On
    When off Bots can't message each other or hand off work
    SpaceXAI · docs.x.ai/grok-bot/chat-and-collaboration · Let Bots hand work off

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