# Remove all users except admins or a few select users whichever is easier

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**Created:** [December 17, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-all-users-except-admins-or-a-few-select-users-whichever-is-easier/249199 "2022-12-17T01:28:43Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-all-users-except-admins-or-a-few-select-users-whichever-is-easier/249199/5 "2022-12-17T08:25:02Z")

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UserDestroyer is what you should use. It will delete other data associated with the user.

Don’t know why you’d get that error.

You might restore your backup to before you started the delete and try the destroyer instead.

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