# Discourse deleting users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-deleting-users/98686>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-deleting-users/98686 "2018-10-04T04:39:33Z")\
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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:** [October 4, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-deleting-users/98686/3 "2018-10-04T10:27:44Z")

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Inactive users don’t have valid, confirmed emails, so your request makes no sense. I could sign up with `ronald.mcdonald@mcdonalds.com` and .. you’d send marketing email to that address?

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