# 404 page after user deletes account
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [Mai 7, 2016, 6:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858 "2016-05-07T18:37:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2016, 6:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858/1 "2016-05-07T18:37:41Z")
1. Sign up for Discourse
2. Click the confirmation link in the email
3. Activate the account at `/users/activate-account/`
4. Preferences → Delete account
Note the /404 page.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2016, 10:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858/2 "2016-05-07T22:29:10Z")
This is correct behavior. If you are proposing a _different_ behavior, go ahead and propose it.
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [Mai 8, 2016, 9:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858/3 "2016-05-08T21:19:58Z")
I’d have expected to get sent to the default site page, with a confirmation flash showing deletion was successful.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [Mai 8, 2016, 9:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858/4 "2016-05-08T21:29:40Z")
Yes, I guess it could be more graceful.
I wasn’t surprised or confused by the 404.
If I’m on a page and I delete the page getting a 404 makes sense to me.
But some kind of “success warning” thing could work too.
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### Author:  [@Overmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overmind)
#### Post date: [Mai 9, 2016, 3:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858/5 "2016-05-09T03:48:01Z")
> [@Mittineague](#):
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> If I’m on a page and I delete the page getting a 404 makes sense to me.
The average user would think it was an error if there wasn’t some sort of success your account has been deleted message.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Mai 9, 2016, 5:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858/6 "2016-05-09T05:24:22Z")
It is extraordinarily rare for a user to self delete their account. Remember this is only allowed if the account is less than a few days old and has no more than one post.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [Mai 10, 2016, 2:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858/7 "2016-05-10T14:43:20Z")
So I just attempted this on my sandbox and then on [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org), and a modal window appears when you delete your account (with an OK) button, but the page is forcing a refresh/navigate to action that prevents you from being able to read the Modal or click the button…
It seems like there is a bug here, as that Modal should remain visible until the OK button is clicked.
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [Mai 11, 2016, 7:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-page-after-user-deletes-account/43858/8 "2016-05-11T19:54:45Z")
I would propose redirecting the user to `/`. Maybe they found the content valuable but don’t want to be a member.