Over 50 Farewell memes & gifs to say goodbye in style

Moving on to a different company is always a momentous event for the leaver and the team they left behind. If you know you’re going to struggle to find the words, a picture (or gif) is worth thousands of words right!?

I’ve curated my favourite farewell memes and gifs for you to say sayonara with grace.

Memes

For the messaging besties

Meme: a man packs a box in an office as a colleague pats his shoulder, text “You’re the coworker I’ll miss emailing from a few feet away the most.”

This should be updated to Slack

Thugs don’t say goodbye

Meme: smug Carlton from Fresh Prince in a tuxedo, text “Thugs don’t say goodbye, we just leave”

So long partner

Woody from Toy Story with a wistful teary look, subtitle “So long, partner.”

I resign!

Business Cat meme: a black cat wearing a tie, text “I resign right meow!”

An old meme, but it checks out

Old English Joseph Ducreux meme pointing, text “The employment that thou hath provided me, I no longer have need of it”

This mug would be a good farewell gift

Hands holding a white mug reading “Your new colleagues will be shit compared to us (But uh.. good luck at your new job!)”

Condolences

Meme “How to quit your job like a pro”: a floral “Sorry for your loss” card that inside reads “It’s me. I leave in three weeks. Todd”

A little shire sayonara

Frodo from Lord of the Rings against flames, text “It’s over, it’s finally over”

A grump last day

Grumpy Cat meme, text “last day at work? who said you could leave?”

May the force be with you

Yoda meme, text “Quitting, I do. Keep in touch, you must”

Of course there has to be an Office farewell meme

Dwight Schrute from The Office, text “It takes forever to say goodbye. False. It takes exactly .978 seconds to say goodbye.”

And an Office Space meme

Bill Lumbergh from Office Space meme, text “Yeaaahhhh, goodbye is not going to work for me”

A chaotic farewell

Disaster Girl meme: a girl smirks as a house burns behind her, text “Last day of work, what will they do without me”

Give me Peter Parker!

Spider-Man at a desk meme, text “Last day of work. Spends 4 hours googling ‘good bye’ images to send in farewell email.”

You still have to build your personal brand

Retro “Stop” meme of a suited man raising his hand, text “If you are going to quit, make sure you at least leave me a good review on LinkedIn.”

I hate goodbyes

Jim Carrey as Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber hugging someone, text “Ahhhh I hate goodbye’s”

A straightforward farewell

Plain black image with white text “this is the last thing i will ever post, thank you for all the good times” and “goodbye”

Live long and prosper

Spock from Star Trek giving the Vulcan salute, text “Goodbye, old friend”

Don’t get Taken

Liam Neeson on the phone in Taken, text “If you leave without saying goodbye I will hunt you down, I will find you, and I will hug you”

Salute

Four-panel collage of a cat, two men, and Big Boss from Metal Gear all saluting respectfully

Goodbye by Archer

Sterling Archer meme, text “Do you want to get a goodbye meme? Cause this is how you get a goodbye meme”

Gifs

The Ralph wave

Animated gif of Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons waving goodbye from a school bus window

Homer leaves

Animated gif of Homer Simpson slowly backing into a hedge until he disappears

Grandpa leaves?

Animated gif of Grandpa Simpson turning around and walking straight back out the door

Bye Felicia!

Animated gif from the movie Friday, captioned “Bye Felicia”

For the magicians exit

Animated gif of a person vanishing in a puff of smoke like a magician

Bye now

Animated gif of a smiling toddler sliding out of a red playground tube slide

Peace in shades

Animated gif of a bearded man in a plaid shirt and dark sunglasses pointing finger guns

For the romantic

Black-and-white gif of Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, subtitle “Here’s looking at you, kid.”

Get on with it

Animated gif of a police officer smirking, subtitle “Too bad, so sad, bye-bye.”

Disengage

Animated gif of Captain Picard raising his hand in farewell on the Star Trek bridge

Later skaters

Animated gif of a blonde woman in red at a party, subtitle “Later skaters”

Have a nice life

Animated gif of a man in a suit looking at the camera, caption “Have a nice life.”

For a deep LOST reference

Animated gif of Desmond from Lost, a nod to his line “See you in another life, brother”

I gotta go

Animated gif of a person hurrying away, captioned “I gotta go”

The Disney goodbye

Animated gif of Pocahontas on a windy cliff with leaves swirling as she waves goodbye

I’m outty

Animated gif of a person waving and heading out the door, captioned “I’m outty”

A monster farewell

Animated gif of a Godzilla figure raising a hand against a blue sky, caption “Peace”

Feline fine

Animated gif of an orange cat curled up facing away on a blue leather couch

A mousey farewell

Animated gif of the mice Gus and Jaq from Cinderella shrugging and waving goodbye

Longing

Animated gif of a bearded man in a navy gold-buttoned coat pointing, a floral mural behind him

Aaaand I’m out

Animated gif of Adam DeVine from Workaholics walking off with a bag, caption “And I’m out.”

Keeping it classy

Animated gif of Jake Gyllenhaal glancing back over his shoulder with a smirk as he walks away

Out the door

Animated gif of an office worker in a shirt dashing out through the office in a hurry

Escalator at the beach

Animated gif of a person riding an escalator down toward a sunny beach

Bye, girl

Animated gif of two women in black dresses in a dressing room, one waving dismissively, subtitle “Bye, girl.”

Byeeeeee

Animated gif of Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy in a pink top, subtitle “BYEEEE!”

Wave and kiss

Animated gif of a woman in a colorful sequined top in a living room, subtitle “Bye!”

Britney waves

Animated gif of Britney Spears in a blue flight-attendant outfit from the Toxic music video

Ghibli goodbye

Animated gif of Chihiro from Spirited Away in a red tunic pausing at a dark doorway

A grizzly farewell

Animated gif of a brown bear sitting behind a wire fence raising a paw as if waving

Shutting the door on the past

Hand-drawn green doodle of a smiling figure waving through a doorway, text “BYE BYE.”

Stealthy goodbye

Animated gif of a woman in white reclining back into a pool of pale blue balls

Peace

Animated gif of two young men outside, one giving a farewell nod to the other