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diff --git a/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md index cbee79de493..5b0954195f8 100644 --- a/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md +++ b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +--- +type: howto +--- + # Deleting a User account Users can be deleted from a GitLab instance, either by: @@ -64,8 +68,20 @@ for such records. Any commits made by a deleted user will still display the username of the original user. 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 is a sole owner of. - -Administrators can also request this behavior when deleting users from the -[API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) or the Admin Area. +or spam log, these associated +records are not ghosted and will be removed, along with any groups the user +is a sole owner of. Administrators can also request this behavior when +deleting users from the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) or the +Admin Area. + +<!-- ## Troubleshooting + +Include any troubleshooting steps that you can foresee. If you know beforehand what issues +one might have when setting this up, or when something is changed, or on upgrading, it's +important to describe those, too. Think of things that may go wrong and include them here. +This is important to minimize requests for support, and to avoid doc comments with +questions that you know someone might ask. + +Each scenario can be a third-level heading, e.g. `### Getting error message X`. +If you have none to add when creating a doc, leave this section in place +but commented out to help encourage others to add to it in the future. --> |