# Disable user account

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-user-account/19528>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2 Settembre 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-user-account/19528 "2014-09-02T07:48:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [25 Aprile 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-user-account/19528/6 "2016-04-25T18:48:46Z")

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You have two, maybe three, options here

1. Anonymize account – assumes user is sure they never want to come back and removes their name from the account.

2. Block – user can still log in but cannot post

3. Invalidate email – user can return if they re validate their email.

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