# 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: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-delete-user-button-in-moderation-queue-is-evil-and-needs-a-secondary-prompt/410025/3 "2026-08-13T22:17:02Z")

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Yes agreed, we should always confirm irreversible actions… I’m working on a change to add a confirmation step

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42605>
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> We've received feedback that it's too easy to delete a user accidentally from th…e review queue. This adds a confirmation step to avoid this, which is our general pattern for destructive actions that are difficult to reverse. 
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> \<img width="1570" height="614" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/339459f6-b8fe-449a-a3c8-5a4853295998" /\>

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