# Can an anonymized user log in?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-anonymized-user-log-in/276038
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** anonymization
**Created:** [February 15, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-anonymized-user-log-in/276038 "2022-02-15T15:34:15Z")
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### Author: ![AquaL1te](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/aqual1te/32/201966_2.png) [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-anonymized-user-log-in/276038/1 "2022-02-15T15:34:15Z")

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What I’m missing in this topic is if an anonymized user can still login. I suppose they can’t since their username and email address has been changed, and thus their password probably as well. But if the user for example sees his/her username is `anon12345678`, could he/she still use that username with the original password to login? Because the suspend button for an anonymized user is not enabled after anonymizing.

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-anonymized-user-log-in/276038/2 "2022-02-15T15:55:53Z")

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No they can’t. It’s game over.

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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: [August 21, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-an-anonymized-user-log-in/276038/3 "2023-08-21T14:42:43Z")

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