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diff --git a/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b5d3b009044 --- /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 **Remove 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 + + |