# How to delete a ghost bot user with admin privileges?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/410144
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 16, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/410144 "2026-08-16T05:14:25Z")
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### Author: ![AkarinLiu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/akarinliu/32/539577_2.png) [@AkarinLiu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AkarinLiu)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/410144/1 "2026-08-16T05:14:25Z")

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I’m facing an issue with my forum: a bot with administrator privileges cannot be deleted, which makes me worry that a hacker might one day take over my forum and exploit this ghost bot user.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/0/d/10df08d7248f94601ddb4c7d5688833369c59ab6.webp)

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