# Can no longer deactivate user account **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-deactivate-user-account/23683 **Category:** Bug **Created:** [5. Januar 2015 um 15:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-deactivate-user-account/23683 "2015-01-05T15:14:49Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Barbie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/barbie/32/36072_2.png) [@Barbie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Barbie) #### Post date: [5. Januar 2015 um 15:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-deactivate-user-account/23683/1 "2015-01-05T15:14:49Z")
I used to be able to do this and now I can’t. I’m a moderator Was this a software change? ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [5. Januar 2015 um 16:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-deactivate-user-account/23683/2 "2015-01-05T16:33:38Z")
I agree this regressed and I don’t know why. @eviltrout can you have a look on the user admin page and see why the button has gone missing? ---
### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout) #### Post date: [6. Januar 2015 um 21:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-deactivate-user-account/23683/3 "2015-01-06T21:14:01Z")
It was accidentally removed from the JSON payload. Fixed here: [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/4318d6a2bd6198eebe559b246e30f597fd679ff0](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/4318d6a2bd6198eebe559b246e30f597fd679ff0) ---
### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam) #### Post date: [6. Januar 2015 um 21:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-deactivate-user-account/23683/4 "2015-01-06T21:16:19Z")