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| author | Timothy Andrew <mail@timothyandrew.net> | 2017-04-06 16:46:17 +0530 |
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| committer | Timothy Andrew <mail@timothyandrew.net> | 2017-04-06 18:59:18 +0530 |
| commit | e152f3f3daf09b25e5a5952a0e62580b3ef96c50 (patch) | |
| tree | f2a85b4812b714d7f4d07c57d74dfdfb2cd1940e /doc | |
| parent | 07f365e369f56394dd4c927a7592d4e49d3f4bbd (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-e152f3f3daf09b25e5a5952a0e62580b3ef96c50.tar.gz | |
Add documentation around migrating records to the ghost user after user deletion.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md | 25 |
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diff --git a/doc/profile/README.md b/doc/profile/README.md index 54e44d65959..aed64ac1228 100644 --- a/doc/profile/README.md +++ b/doc/profile/README.md @@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ - [Preferences](../user/profile/preferences.md) - [Two-factor Authentication (2FA)](../user/profile/account/two_factor_authentication.md) +- [Deleting your account](../user/profile/account/delete_account.md) diff --git a/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..505248536c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +# Deleting a User Account + +- As a user, you can delete your own account by navigating to **Settings** > **Account** and selecting **Delete account** +- As an admin, you can delete a user account by navigating to the **Admin Area**, selecting the **Users** tab, selecting a user, and clicking on **Remvoe user** + +## Associated Records + +> Introduced for issues in [GitLab 9.0][ce-7393], and for merge requests, award emoji, notes, and abuse reports in [GitLab 9.1][ce-10467]. + +When a user account is deleted, not all associated records are deleted with it. Here's a list of things that will not be deleted: + +- Issues that the user created +- Merge requests that the user created +- Notes that the user created +- Abuse reports that the user reported +- Award emoji that the user craeted + + +Instead of being deleted, these records will be moved to a system-wide "Ghost User", whose sole purpose is to act as a container for such records. + + +[ce-7393]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/7393 +[ce-10467]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10467 + + |