# Deleting a user vs suspending?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-user-vs-suspending/75671>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [2017 年 12 月 8 日午前 6:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-user-vs-suspending/75671 "2017-12-08T06:38:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![dylanh724](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dylanh724/32/119642_2.png) [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\
**Post date:** [2017 年 12 月 8 日午前 6:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-user-vs-suspending/75671/1 "2017-12-08T06:38:34Z")

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I’m surprised that “delete user” comes up instead of “suspend”. If I delete them, since they aren’t suspended, they can just come back right?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/4/c42e52c12e7030171ba3d637f510b96cbed742eb.png)

Generally when I catch a spammer, I’d assume suspend/ban would make more sense 😛 but I’m going to guess I’m missing something I’m not understanding.

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