# 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 10 日午後 1:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-user-vs-suspending/75671/4 "2017-12-10T13:01:40Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Why? Then you would carry that account around forever in your site database. Why would you want a spammer in your user list, in any form?

Delete implies nothing else happens, while suspend implies blockage. That’s pretty much it. If it blocks them in the same sense from creating a dupe account, then perhaps “Delete & Blacklist” sounds more upfront of what it does. Or a tooltip.

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