# The delete user button in moderation queue is evil and needs a secondary prompt

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-delete-user-button-in-moderation-queue-is-evil-and-needs-a-secondary-prompt/410025
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed
**Created:** [August 13, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-delete-user-button-in-moderation-queue-is-evil-and-needs-a-secondary-prompt/410025 "2026-08-13T18:02:38Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-delete-user-button-in-moderation-queue-is-evil-and-needs-a-secondary-prompt/410025/2 "2026-08-13T18:13:09Z")

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This seems similar to this earlier report

> [@Moderation UI: Too Easy to Delete a Valid User](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-ui-too-easy-to-delete-a-valid-user/390533/):
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> On multiple occasions someone from our moderation team has accidentally clicked the “Delete User” button when they intended to press the “Discard Post” button in the post review dialog. The “Delete User” and “Delete and Block User” actions take place immediately with no confirmation dialog, and they permanently removes the user from Discourse. This happens with enough frequency that we consider this a UI/UX flaw. Would it be possible to modify the “Reject…

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