# How to disable access without emailing user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-without-emailing-user/186244>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-without-emailing-user/186244 "2021-04-09T18:03:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ryantm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ryantm/32/134063_2.png) [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-without-emailing-user/186244/1 "2021-04-09T18:03:07Z")

</div>

Hi.

My forum is on version 2.7.0.beta6.

I maintain an employee forum where we want to disable access to specific users without emailing them. The way we have been disabling access is by suspending their account. When we suspend their account the user receives an email containing the reason for suspension. We’d really rather not bother the person with an email.

I’ve tried first deactivating a test account before suspending it, but an email is still sent.

Note: when I suspend a user, I am not filing in the “Email message” field with anything.

Is there a way I can disable access to Discourse without emailing the user?

- Ryan

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-without-emailing-user/186244)._