# Difference between deactivate and supend

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 24, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-deactivate-and-supend/191431 "2021-05-24T07:36:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-deactivate-and-supend/191431/7 "2021-05-24T09:55:13Z")

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> [@Per\_Jacobsson1](#):
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> Can anyone please confirm that a users posts are kept intact when the user is suspended?  
> I am thinking of using the “suspend user” as an option, but only if the users content does not get deleted.

Correct, their content is kept intact 👍

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