# Anonymizing Users in Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymizing-users-in-discourse/86929>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** new-feature, anonymization\
**Created:** [May 7, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymizing-users-in-discourse/86929 "2018-05-07T15:13:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymizing-users-in-discourse/86929/63 "2023-09-17T04:10:13Z")

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> [@Falco](#):
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> No, you can’t undo this anonymizing

I have figured a way to do so manually but is not a full restore. Manually restoring anonymized user name and re attaching user’s email. Then sending reactivation email.

A headache for sure and hopefully no one be sides someone like myself will ever need to do so. 😉

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