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# Deleting a User account
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 will delete all projects in that user namespace.
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## As a user
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As a user, to delete your own account:
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1. In the top-right corner, select your avatar.
1. Select **Edit profile**.
1. In the left sidebar, select **Account**.
1. Select **Delete account**.
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## As an administrator
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As an administrator, to delete a user account:
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1. Go to **Admin Area > Overview > Users**.
1. Select a user.
1. Under the **Account** tab, select:
- **Delete user** to delete only the user but maintain their
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[associated records](#associated-records).
- **Delete user and contributions** to delete the user and
their associated records.
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WARNING:
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Using the **Delete user and contributions** option may result
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in removing more data than intended. Please see [associated records](#associated-records)
below for additional details.
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## Associated Records
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> - Introduced for issues in [GitLab 9.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/7393).
> - Introduced for merge requests, award emoji, notes, and abuse reports in [GitLab 9.1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/10467).
> - Hard deletion from abuse reports and spam logs was introduced in [GitLab 9.1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/10273), and from the API in [GitLab 9.3](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/11853).
There are two options for deleting users:
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- **Delete user**
- **Delete user and contributions**
When using the **Delete user** option, not all associated records are deleted with the user.
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Here's a list of things that are **not** deleted:
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- 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.
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Instead of being deleted, these records are moved to a system-wide
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user with the username "Ghost User", whose sole purpose is to act as a container
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for such records. Any commits made by a deleted user still display the
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username of the original user.
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When using the **Delete user and contributions** option, **all** associated records
are removed. This includes all of the items mentioned above including issues,
merge requests, notes/comments, and more. Consider
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[blocking a user](../../admin_area/moderate_users.md#blocking-a-user)
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or using the **Delete user** option instead.
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When a user is deleted from an [abuse report](../../admin_area/review_abuse_reports.md)
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or spam log, these associated
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records are not ghosted and are removed, along with any groups the user
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is a sole owner of. Administrators can also request this behavior when
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deleting users from the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) or the
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Admin Area.
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