When attempting to make a User Inactive within Salesforce, upon saving an error appears stating "We can’t save your changes right now. Try again later."
This error message may vary depending on the feature where the User is referenced.
This issue is likely caused by the User being the default Owner within a few different areas of Salesforce. From within Setup you can search the following areas in the Quick Find search box:
Web-to-Lead: Ensure the Default Lead Creator is not set to this user. Click Edit and change to a different user if needed.
Lead Settings: Ensure the Default Lead Owner is not set to this user. Click Edit and change to a different user if needed.
Support Settings: Ensure that the Default Case Owner and Automated Case User are not set to this user. Click Edit and change both of these to a different user if needed.
Process Automation Settings: Ensure the Default Workflow User is not set to this user. Click Edit and change to a different user if needed
All Sites - Workspaces: Ensure the Default Owner of the Record Ownership in the Preferences tab is not set to this user. Select a different user if needed and click Save
Once the User has been un-associated with the above configurations attempt to mark the User as Inactive again.
See Also: Unable to Deactivate a System Administrator
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