# 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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**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-vs-suspending-a-subscriber-account/183404/6 "2021-03-16T12:57:39Z")

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Anonymizing seems like a nuclear action. They won’t be able to rejoin and reconnect with their data. I would think that you might want their money again in the future.

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