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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..e7596f5c577 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/profile/account/delete_account.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +# 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]. + Hard deletion from abuse reports and spam logs was introduced in + [GitLab 9.1][ce-10273], and from the API in [GitLab 9.3][ce-11853]. + +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 created + +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. + +When a user is deleted from an abuse report 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 behaviour when +deleting users from the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) or the +admin area. + +[ce-7393]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/7393 +[ce-10273]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10273 +[ce-10467]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10467 +[ce-11853]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/11853 + |