Hi, I just wanted to confirm the default permissions behaviour in Discourse. Can moderators delete user accounts, or is that restricted to admins only? I just wanted to confirm there are no edge cases (for example users with zero posts). We are running Discourse 2026.3.0-latest with only officia…

Thanks - category moderators ended up being the right solution for my use case. On my forum I set this up as follows: I created a group @mods. I enabled the site setting enable category group moderation. I assigned that group as the moderator group for each category. This gives the moderators th…

Why not try? :slight_smile: Also see: [이미지] Deleting a user account :person_raising_hand: Required user level: Administrator or Moderator

Thanks - I tested this on my own forum and confirmed that moderators can delete users. For my use case I would prefer that only admins can delete accounts. Is there a recommended way to prevent moderators from deleting (or anonymising) users (for example a site setting, theme component, or plugin)…

Is that the only moderator ability you’d want to limit? Or would it make sense to use Category Moderators? Those permissions stop short of delete user and a few other things.

this table shows everything moderators and other trust levels can do [이미지] Trust Level Permissions Reference Using Discourse bookmark This reference aims to be a comprehensive list of Discourse features, marked by Trust Level, and including the relevant admin …

Sweet! Thanks for sharing your resolution. I believe that’s largely what was done for us new volunteer mods here.

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) 3월 11, 2026, 7:29오전 2

왜 안 해볼까요?

참고:

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Assigning Category Moderator Role Without Admin Access Product Support	1	134	4월 15, 2025
Is there a way to not let moderators delete members? Product Support	7	841	12월 2, 2022
Option for TL4 to delete posts/topics Product Support	2	918	8월 1, 2021
How to Modify Moderator Permissions and Remove Discourse Attribution Product Support	3	379	10월 1, 2024
How i can manage roles for moderators and administrators? Product Support	4	1374	6월 12, 2022

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