# Manage organization sandboxes

Manage your sandboxes for your organization in the Dashboard.

You can use organization sandboxes for many common development needs. You can create an organization sandbox to:

- Test your integration across multiple sandboxes in an organization sandbox and try Stripe Organizations features, such as [customer and payment method sharing](https://docs.stripe.com/get-started/account/orgs/sharing/customers-payment-methods.md).
- Mirror your live organization to test and stage changes to your integration before going live or deploying changes to production.
- Provide a development environment for [each member of your team](https://docs.stripe.com/sandboxes/dashboard/manage-access.md#manage-access).
- Support a specific team within your organization.

Use the [Stripe Dashboard](https://dashboard.stripe.com/) to manage your organization sandbox. To test an organization, create an organization sandbox from the live organization. Manage user access to organization sandboxes at the live organization.

After you create both sandboxes linked to your live account and organization sandboxes, your overall account structure might look like this:
Live organization and accounts with sandboxes and organization sandboxes (See full diagram at https://docs.stripe.com/sandboxes/dashboard/organizations)
## Create an organization sandbox

If you have the [Sandbox Administrator, Administrator, Developer, or Sandbox User role](https://docs.stripe.com/get-started/account/teams/roles.md) assigned in your live organization, you can create a new organization sandbox.

To create a sandbox:

1. In your organization Dashboard, click the account picker, then click **Switch to sandbox** > **Create sandbox**.
2. Choose how to set up your organization sandbox:
   - **Copy organization and accounts**: Creates an organization sandbox that mirrors your live organization structure, including sandboxes for each live account with all corresponding settings and capabilities. This option is the default.
   - **Use sandboxes from accounts**: Moves existing sandboxes from your accounts into the new organization sandbox. Some sandboxes might not be eligible to move (for example, test mode workspaces or pre-activation accounts).
   - **Create all new sandboxes**: Creates the organization sandbox as an empty container with no preconfigured accounts.
3. Enter a unique name that reflects the purpose of the organization sandbox (for example, “Staging,” in the **Name** field).
4. Configure account sandboxes based on your selection:
   - **Copy organization and accounts**: Choose whether to include sandboxes for all accounts in the organization, or clear individual accounts to exclude their sandboxes.
   - **Use sandboxes from accounts**: Select the existing sandboxes to move into the new organization sandbox.
   - **Create all new sandboxes**: You can optionally include blank account sandboxes with minimal sample data. Specify a business location and name for each account sandbox that you want to create in the blank organization sandbox.
5. Click **Create sandbox**.

Stripe automatically assigns the Super Administrator role to any user who creates a sandbox. This role allows them to carry out all operations within that particular sandbox.

## View an organization sandbox

If you have the Administrator or Sandbox Administrator role, you can view all sandboxes and organization sandboxes in your live organization. If you have a Developer role, you can only view the sandboxes and organization sandboxes you’ve created.

1. From your organization Dashboard, click the account picker > **Switch to sandbox** > **Manage sandboxes** in the Dashboard.
2. Click **Open** to enter the sandbox organization.

Sandboxes that you create for each live account don’t appear when you’re in the live organization. Only organization sandboxes remain visible while you’re in the live organization. The banner at the top of the Dashboard indicates that you’re in a sandbox. From this point, you can go to any other part of the Dashboard.

## Update an organization sandbox

Any member of your team with the Sandbox Administrator role assigned in your live organization can update the name and details of any organization sandbox. Members with the Developer role can only update the name and details of an organization sandbox that they’ve created.

1. From your organization Dashboard, click the account picker > **Switch to sandbox** > then select an organization sandbox.
2. Click **Settings** in the top right corner.
3. Update the name or additional details about your organization sandbox (for example, the branding).

## Delete an organization sandbox

If you have the Administrator or Sandbox Administrator role, you can delete an organization sandbox. Otherwise, only the organization sandbox’s owner can delete it.

1. From your organization Dashboard, click the account picker > **Switch to sandbox** > **Manage sandboxes** in the Dashboard.
2. Click the trash can icon associated with the organization sandbox you want to delete.
3. Confirm that you want to delete this organization sandbox as this action can’t be undone. After deletion, we remove all data associated with the organization sandbox and the sandboxes within it and revoke access.

> Deleting an organization sandbox deletes all the data associated with the organization sandbox and removes access for any other team members who had access to the organization sandbox.