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diff --git a/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md index 97827963be0..c9193c6d94c 100644 --- a/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md +++ b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md @@ -32,18 +32,22 @@ As an administrator, you can delete a user account by: - **Delete user and contributions** to delete the user and their associated records. +DANGER: **Danger:** Using the **Delete user and contributions** option may result +in removing more data than intended. Please see [associated records](#associated-records) +below for additional details. + ## Associated Records -> - Introduced for issues in -> [GitLab 9.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/7393). -> - Introduced for merge requests, award emoji, notes, and abuse reports in -> [GitLab 9.1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/10467). -> - Hard deletion from abuse reports and spam logs was introduced in -> [GitLab 9.1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/10273), -> and from the API in -> [GitLab 9.3](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/11853). +> - Introduced for issues in [GitLab 9.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/7393). +> - Introduced for merge requests, award emoji, notes, and abuse reports in [GitLab 9.1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/10467). +> - Hard deletion from abuse reports and spam logs was introduced in [GitLab 9.1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/10273), and from the API in [GitLab 9.3](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/11853). + +There are two options for deleting users: -When a user account is deleted, not all associated records are deleted with it. +- **Delete user** +- **Delete user and contributions** + +When using the **Delete user** option, not all associated records are deleted with the user. Here's a list of things that will **not** be deleted: - Issues that the user created. @@ -57,6 +61,12 @@ user with the username "Ghost User", whose sole purpose is to act as a container for such records. Any commits made by a deleted user will still display the username of the original user. +When using the **Delete user and contributions** option, **all** associated records +are removed. This includes all of the items mentioned above including issues, +merge requests, notes/comments, and more. Consider +[blocking a user](../../admin_area/blocking_unblocking_users.md) +or using the **Delete user** option instead. + When a user is deleted from an [abuse report](../../admin_area/abuse_reports.md) or spam log, these associated records are not ghosted and will be removed, along with any groups the user |