---
title: "Change tenant membership using HR import"
slug: "change-tenant-membership-using-hr-import"
tags: ["Totara Platform", "Site Administrator", "How-to"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:21Z
canonical: "totara.help/change-tenant-membership-using-hr-import"
---

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# Change tenant membership using HR import

You can manage your tenants' members and participants using [HR import](/19/docs/what-is-hr-import). This is done using the **User** HR import source and the **tenantmember** and **tenantparticipant** columns. These columns contain the tenant ID(s) of the tenants for which each user should be a participant or member.

To remove a tenant member and add them as a tenant participant, follow these steps:

1. Include the tenant member (**tenantmember**) and tenant participant (**tenantparticipant**) columns in the HR import file.
2. Add a blank value in the tenant member (**tenantmember**) column.
3. Add the comma-separated list of tenant ID(s) in the tenant participant (**tenantparticipant**) column.
4. Upload the file following the [HR import instructions](/19/docs/upload-hr-import-files).

Ensure that the [user element setting](/19/docs/hr-import-element-settings) **Empty string behaviour in CSV** is set to **CSV Empty strings erase existing data**. To ensure that data is not unintentionally deleted you will need to check that all required fields have values in the HR import file.

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