Users self-deleting/anonymizing?

[ganncamp (G Ann Campbell)]

Just received this oh so gracious “request” from a user:

Delete my forum account, **** … you have not given me any means to anonymize or delete the account, and there is no way to contact the moderators on your variant of this crap forum software. Ensure none of my personal data remains there.

As a global admin, I can (and did) anonymize the account. And then I went to my own preferences to figure out what this person could have done for him/herself. And found… nothing.

Did we forget to toggle something, or does this really not exist?

[Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin)]

As far as I know, this answer’s still valid today:

How can a user self-delete?

Self service delete for users with lots of posts is not desirable, it can be very disruptive to forum members. They can simply contact a moderator who can take care of this if needed either by anonymizing or deleting.

But there should be an easy way to contact your staff for such queries. If personal messages are disabled, it might be an issue. On my forum, I’ve added this in my privacy section, because users can send PMs starting from TL1:

Privacy - Unicyclist.com

And also, there’s an email address at the end of the /about page.

You might also be interested in this theme component:

Account Deletion Request

Summary Add Account Deletion Request dropdown to account page. Repository GitHub - VaperinaDEV/discourse-account-deletion-request: Add Account Deletion Request dropdown to account page. Install Guide How to install a theme or theme component New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Hello This is a theme component to add an account deletion request dropdown to the account page. T…

[JammyDodger]

There’s also the delete user self max post count admin setting:

[Stephen]

The setting is there until a user passes delete user self max post count.

This theme component is a good remedy if you want to keep something in the UI:

Account Deletion Request

Summary Add Account Deletion Request dropdown to account page. Repository GitHub - VaperinaDEV/discourse-account-deletion-request: Add Account Deletion Request dropdown to account page. Install Guide How to install a theme or theme component New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Hello This is a theme component to add an account deletion request dropdown to the account page. T…

Edit: oof, @canapin was way ahead with that one

[RBoy]

I also vote for this feature, it’s sorely missing and allowing users to self anonymize and delete their data would be a much appreciated feature to allow admins to comply with regulations as well as their company policies. I think discourse should let admin’s decide what’s in the best interest of their users and respective sites. Allowing users to self anonymize and delete their accounts will be immensely helpful

Cross linking the topics and discussions:

How to always allow users to delete their own accounts?

Thanks for clarifying that. Would it possible to include this option as a configurable option in the admin settings UI? It would be super helpful have 2 options available for the site admins: Always allow users to delete their accounts and all posts permanently Always allow users to delete their accounts and anonymize all posts It would be very valuable add for compliance as ease to maintenance. Are these hard to implement?