# Disattivare gli utenti in modo permanente

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-users-permanently/37169>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [27 Dicembre 2015, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-users-permanently/37169 "2015-12-27T08:49:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![skoota](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/skoota/32/65472_2.png) [@skoota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/skoota)\
**Post date:** [27 Dicembre 2015, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-users-permanently/37169/1 "2015-12-27T08:49:08Z")

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Hi all,

I am using Discourse as a discussion platform for my students and classes. We are now approaching the beginning of another school year, so I need to deactivate the accounts of students who are no longer studying the courses (and should no longer have access to the forum).

I can’t delete the users, as that would require all their posts to be deleted (and I want to maintain a full history of previous threads, and if posts disappeared it would make the threads quite jumpy).

However, I need some way of preventing those users from logging in and using the system, and also from receiving any emails (e.g. if they are mentioned, digest emails, etc.).

So, I wanted to ask what are my options here? The closest seems to be suspending the user for a long period of time (like 10 years) but is there a better and neater way? Would the suspended users still receive emails from the system?

Thanks!

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