# Got request to delete a user account

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/got-request-to-delete-a-user-account/206462
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/got-request-to-delete-a-user-account/206462 "2021-10-19T17:51:22Z")
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/got-request-to-delete-a-user-account/206462/3 "2021-10-19T18:10:13Z")

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Your first port of call here as a staff memebr should be to [anonymise](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymizing-users-in-discourse/86929) the user so that there are not gaps left in a discussion especially if they are a prominent user.

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