# Deletion of bot users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-bot-users/417333>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 13, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-bot-users/417333 "2026-11-13T08:35:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Andro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andro/32/173721_2.png) [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-bot-users/417333/1 "2026-11-13T08:35:54Z")

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Lately I am getting a lot of registrations from users that are obviously just bots. It’s annoying to have to go through and delete them. They, of course, never appear to fulfill the registration process fully. What happens if I just leave them? Do they get deleted automatically after some time period?

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**Author:** ![fhe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fhe/32/113345_2.png) [@fhe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fhe)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-bot-users/417333/2 "2026-11-13T08:44:06Z")

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> [@Andro](#):
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> Do they get deleted automatically after some time period?

Yes, they get automatically deleted if they don’t activate their account. The relevant setting is `purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days` and if it’s not set to 0, they get deleted, eventually.

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**Author:** ![olivia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/olivia/32/324299_2.png) [@olivia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/olivia)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deletion-of-bot-users/417333/3 "2026-11-13T10:18:04Z")

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Just to add, the default is 14 days, so unactivated accounts with no posts will be automatically cleaned up after that period.