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 th…

Unfortunately I think suspending the users is the only way you can accomplish what you want here. Based on @sam ’s description of the user states I think suspending is the way to go. From the linked thread: [immagine] Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions Suspended Account suspend…

You can also anonymize each account unless you need to keep their actual name with their posts. You can use the deactivate account button on the admin user page too. You may have to alter their email preferences to stop emails though (such as the digest)

Thanks for your replies @jomaxro and @cpradio . I am thinking that I will take the route of suspending the users for a long time which will effectively disable their accounts without modifying the content already on the forum.

@skoota Thanks for asking the question for me! I have the exact issue! Does anyone know if there is a way to bulk suspend? Or do I need to do it for each of my students?

while I was over here asking, another admin did just that. thanks!

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MarieBe 3 Marzo 2017, 7:20pm 6

is there a way for an admin to change the note that was given for a member who was suspended?

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