I use Trello to manage all of my client projects. Which is why I was a little disappointed when I heard that they’re changing how Team Boards work. Basically, if you’re a free “Team”, you can only have 10 open boards.
Now, I don’t have a “Team”, per say, but I used the Teams to break my boards up into categories. I had 22 boards in my Overlock Design Co. “team”. Now, I’m already paying for Trello Gold, I don’t want to pay another $10 monthly just to keep my boards in categories.
So I decided to convert them to Personal Boards. The organizer in me weeps, but it’ll keep my costs down. Best of all, I don’t lose any data or functionality by turning a Team Board into a Personal Board.
It’s a pretty simple process. Just go to the board you want to change and click Show Menu at the top:
Then, go to More:
Next, go to Settings:
Finally, click Change Team and select Personal Boards from the dropdown. Super easy!
If you want to see it in action, here’s a quick How-To Video:
What about Collaborative Trello Boards?
All of your lists, cards, members, and settings stay the same when you convert a board from a Team to a Personal Board, so you don’t have to worry about losing information or a client not being able to access a board you both work on.
You can invite users to boards individually. This is great if you (like me!) mostly work alone or with small groups of people. I have Personal Boards with 5+ members, but they only have access to the board they’re invited to. No need to add people to a Team!
What do I do with my empty teams?
If you’ve emptied a “Team” out by converting all its boards to Personal Boards, feel free to delete the team. It’ll keep your Boards page a little cleaner.
I hope this was helpful! If you have any other Trello tips, feel free to leave them in the comments!
Thank you so much for being better at explaining Trello than Trello themselves! The personal vs team boards issue bit me. Your blogpost was a miracle.
Laurie T.
And right after I posted on your blog, I went to Trello help section and found out all Trello boards will be placed into a team. For any new boards you create, you will be asked to select or create a team in which to put them. That explains why I created a personal board on the web yesterday and today on my phone it was placed onto this Trello Workspace. They have begun to transition from calling them “teams” to calling them “workspaces”. Free workspaces can have up to 10 open boards (count does not include closed boards). Paid options offer unlimited boards in their workspaces. Luckily, you are able to create multiple workspaces on the free plan.
Looks like this isn’t possible for me. Did Trello make a change to converting a Team Board back into Personal Boards?