How to Unclaim a Device from the Meraki Dashboard?

Step-by-step instructions with screenshots to show the process of unclaiming devices from a Cisco Meraki Dashboard.

Login to the Meraki Dashboard using your credentials.

meraki dashboard log-in-screen

Next, hover over the Organization tab on the left side.

organization tab highlighted in cisco meraki dashboard

From the Organization tab, click on Inventory.

inventory underlined in configure tab under organization

Enter SN into “Search Inventory” box.

inventory search

Beside the devices Serial Number, you will see which Network the device is in.

test network 1

In the top left “Network” menu, click the drop down menu and choose the same Network the device is in.

test network 1 tab test network 1 tab in cisco meraki menu

In this case, it is a Wireless Access Point, so once in the network, hover over “Wireless”, on the left side of the page.

wireless tab under network

Choose Access points from the Wireless tab.

access points highlighted in wireless tab

Type in the SN in the “Search” bar.

search bar

Click the check box to the left of the unit you want to remove.

select unit option

unit is selected

Click the “Edit” button.

edit button next to search bar

Choose Remove from network.

remove from network highlighted

Choose Remove.

remove button

This will remove the unit from the active network.

confirmation message

In order to fully Unclaim, hover over Organization again on the left side of the page.

organization tab highlighted in cisco meraki dashboard

Choose Inventory from the Organization tab.

inventory underlined in configure tab under organization

Enter SN into “Search Inventory” box.

inventory search sn

Click the box to the left of the unit to highlight it.

select units

Click “Unclaim”.

unclaim button

This will fully remove the SN from your network and organization's inventory.