# After\_delete\_account

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-delete-account/134884>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [December 2, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-delete-account/134884 "2019-12-02T16:51:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NotAnonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f05b48/32.png) [@NotAnonymous](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NotAnonymous)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-delete-account/134884/1 "2019-12-02T16:51:53Z")

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I’m looking for something like after\_create\_account, but for after a user deletes their account. We have a custom authentication plugin that stores some information in a database table on a new account creation. When they delete their account I want it to then delete that database info. Is there an event I can use in a plugin for this purpose?

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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-delete-account/134884/2 "2019-12-02T17:04:55Z")

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Here’s what you’re looking for:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/models/user.rb#L1516-L1519>

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-delete-account/134884/3 "2023-09-07T14:54:57Z")

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