# What to do with inactive users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-to-do-with-inactive-users/385667
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-to-do-with-inactive-users/385667 "2025-10-15T09:16:49Z")
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### Author: ![Andro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andro/32/173721_2.png) [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-to-do-with-inactive-users/385667/1 "2025-10-15T09:16:49Z")

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I have some users who are inactive for months or years. What to do with them? I don’t want to delete them because they have made posts. I only just figured this out after looking into why certain emails have been failing for months.

Advice welcome!

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