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type: howto
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stage: Manage
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group: Authentication and Authorization
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---
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# Deleting a user account **(FREE)**
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Users can be deleted from a GitLab instance, either by:
- The user themselves.
- An administrator.
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NOTE:
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Deleting a user deletes all projects in that user namespace.
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## Delete your own account
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As a user, to delete your own account:
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1. On the top bar, in the top right corner, select your avatar.
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1. Select **Edit profile**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Account**.
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1. Select **Delete account**.
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## Delete users and user contributions **(FREE SELF)**
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As an administrator, to delete a user account:
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1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Admin**.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Overview > Users**.
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1. Select a user.
1. Under the **Account** tab, select:
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- **Delete user** to delete only the user but maintain their [associated records](#associated-records). You can't use this option if
the selected user is the sole owner of any groups.
- **Delete user and contributions** to delete the user and their associated records. This option also removes all groups (and
projects within these groups) where the user is the sole direct Owner of a group. Inherited ownership doesn't apply.
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WARNING:
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Using the **Delete user and contributions** option may result in removing more data than intended. See
[associated records](#associated-records) for additional details.
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### Associated records
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When deleting users, you can either:
- Delete just the user. Not all associated records are deleted with the user. Instead of being deleted, these records
are moved to a system-wide user with the username Ghost User. The Ghost User's purpose is to act as a container for
such records. Any commits made by a deleted user still display the username of the original user.
- Delete the user and their contributions, including:
- Abuse reports.
- Award emojis.
- Epics.
- Groups of which the user is the only user with the Owner role.
- Issues.
- Merge requests.
- Notes and comments.
- Personal access tokens.
- Snippets.
An alternative to deleting is [blocking a user](../../admin_area/moderate_users.md#block-a-user).
When a user is deleted from an [abuse report](../../admin_area/review_abuse_reports.md) or spam log, these associated
records are always removed.
The deleting associated records option can be requested in the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) as well as
the Admin Area.
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## Troubleshooting
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### Deleting a user results in a PostgreSQL null value error
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There is [a known issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/349411) that results
in users not being deleted, and the following error generated:
```plaintext
ERROR: null value in column "user_id" violates not-null constraint
```
The error can be found in the [PostgreSQL log](../../../administration/logs.md#postgresql-logs) and
in the **Retries** section of the [background jobs view](../../admin_area/index.md#background-jobs) in the Admin Area.
If the user being deleted used the [iterations](../../group/iterations/index.md) feature, such
as adding an issue to an iteration, you must use
[the workaround documented in the issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/349411#workaround)
to delete the user.