# 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:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [2017 年 12 月 8 日午前 7:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-user-vs-suspending/75671/2 "2017-12-08T07:07:05Z")

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Deleting an account puts the IP, email address and URLs they may have posted into the corresponding Screened Logs.

AFAIK:  
pros - the IPs and email addresses in Screened are used to help stop new accounts from registering using the same IP or email address  
cons - the “paper trail” of evidence is gone

The IPs can “roll up” to block IPs within ranges and email addresses have a levenshtein setting.

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