# How can I transfer forum ownership?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [April 13, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-transfer-forum-ownership/261633 "2023-04-13T18:43:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-transfer-forum-ownership/261633/5 "2023-04-14T09:44:22Z")

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He won’t be able to delete your account if you have posts, so the new admin will need to anonymize your account or delete your posts.

Also the new owner will want to remove your email address from the developer email environment variable and add their own.

Did you also transfer ownership of the account for your virtual host provider? It probably is a good idea for the new owner to move to a clean new server.

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