# Suspend without negative punishment
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-without-negative-punishment/309443
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 26, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-without-negative-punishment/309443 "2024-05-26T09:56:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@anon82911141](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82911141)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-without-negative-punishment/309443/1 "2024-05-26T09:56:08Z")
Hi,
I’m wondering if there’s a way to prevent a user from logging in (we use SSO) - without negatively suspending the user’s account which would result in a ‘suspension’ record?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-without-negative-punishment/309443/2 "2024-05-26T14:46:42Z")
You can use your sso to suspend them with whatever means it provides. Discourse will never know and there will be no repercussions.
You could move them to a discourse group that has no privileges (but that’s likely not easy, depending on your setup).
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### Author:  [@anon82911141](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82911141)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-without-negative-punishment/309443/3 "2024-05-26T17:17:06Z")
Unfortunately the SSO option is out of the door as it won’t be a viable solution (for the company at least). Changing groups isn’t useful either as it’s _wayyy_ too difficult to afterwards re-instate those groups.
Thank you for your help though.
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-without-negative-punishment/309443/4 "2024-05-26T18:59:32Z")
If you suspend someone once you **unsuspend** them you can clear their penalty history therefore leaving them with no record.
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-without-negative-punishment/309443/5 "2024-05-26T19:00:16Z")
I don’t know of one off hand.
However you might be able to craft a #Customization > Theme component or #Customization > Plugin that when a user or group is added to the component. It disables most navigation/notifications.
That only provides pm to staff and logout?
This maybe of use
> [@Force specific users through moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-specific-users-through-moderation/58179):
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> Overview: This simple Discourse plugin adds a setting where you can list one or more usernames; any user added to the list will always have their posts held for moderator approval. e.g. If there is someone who can’t help but be annoying or disruptive sometimes, despite warnings, but also makes worthwhile posts at other times, then you might resort to this so you can filter their good posts from their bad ones rather than ban them outright. Alternatives: Discourse has a built-in option to make …
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-without-negative-punishment/309443/6 "2024-06-25T19:01:08Z")
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