# Deactivating vs suspending a subscriber account?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-vs-suspending-a-subscriber-account/183404>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-vs-suspending-a-subscriber-account/183404 "2021-03-16T11:18:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![jas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jas/32/213378_2.png) [@jas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jas)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-vs-suspending-a-subscriber-account/183404/3 "2021-03-16T11:37:28Z")

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Ah, interesting, I hadn’t spotted that. So would this keep their stuff, but not allow them acess any more?

Do you know if ‘anonymising’ would blur out their name, or keep their profile looking ‘normal’? 🤔

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