Some users want to be able to self-delete. Is it possible to allow this?

They can, until they make 2 posts/topics.

No it is hard coded. [image] New users with only 1 post can delete their account? support FYI, here is the code for it: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/lib/guardian/user_guardian.rb#L41-L48 And https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/lib/gu…

See also: [image] Allow removing account info without content deletion feature It may happen that users decide they don’t want an account on your Discourse, even after posting there for months or years. Problem: if you delete the user, all their content (posts, topics) d…

Self service delete for users with lots of posts is not desirable, it can be very disruptive to forum members. They can simply contact a moderator who can take care of this if needed either by anonymizing or deleting.

How can a user self-delete?

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riking (Kane York) March 11, 2015, 10:33pm 5

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How can a user self-delete?

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