# User get deactivated, need to know why

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-get-deactivated-need-to-know-why/135526>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-get-deactivated-need-to-know-why/135526 "2019-12-10T07:46:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-get-deactivated-need-to-know-why/135526/6 "2019-12-10T10:41:43Z")

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I would recommend updating, but if you can’t then you have a couple of options:

- ‘Impersonate’ the account, so it won’t be deactivated for another year

- Set `invalidate_inactive_admin_email_after_days` to a higher number, or `0` to disable

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