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* "[AUTOTITLE](/organizations/managing-organization-settings/deleting-an-organization-account)"
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-your-membership-in-organizations/removing-yourself-from-an-organization)"
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{% ifversion ghes %}
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> [!NOTE]
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> * You should contact an enterprise owner before deleting your account on {% data variables.product.product_name %}.
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{% endif %}
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## Back up your account data
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Before you delete your personal account, make a copy of all repositories, private forks, wikis, issues, and pull requests owned by your account. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/repositories/archiving-a-github-repository/backing-up-a-repository)."
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---
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title: Deleting users from your instance
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intro: "You can delete a user's account to permanently remove their data from {% data variables.location.product_location %}."
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versions:
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ghes: '*'
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type: how_to
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topics:
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- Access management
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- Enterprise
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- Security
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- User account
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shortTitle: Delete a user
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permissions: Site administrators
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---
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## What happens when I delete a user account?
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Deleting a user account removes all repositories, forks of private repositories, wikis, issues, pull requests, pages, and packages and container images owned by the user account. By deleting a user account, **you may break software projects and workflows that depend on these things.**
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Issues and pull requests the user has created and comments they've made in repositories owned by other users or organizations will not be deleted and will instead be associated with a `ghost` user account.
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Once a user account has been deleted, the username will be available for use with a different account on {% data variables.location.product_location %}.
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## When can I delete a user account?
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You cannot delete a user that is currently an organization owner.
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* **If the user is the only owner**: Transfer ownership to another person, or delete the organization. See "[AUTOTITLE](/organizations/managing-organization-settings/transferring-organization-ownership)" and "[AUTOTITLE](/organizations/managing-organization-settings/deleting-an-organization-account)."
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* **If there are other owners**: Remove the user from the organization. See "[AUTOTITLE](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-your-membership-in-organizations/removing-yourself-from-an-organization)."
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You cannot delete your own user account. If you need to delete your own user account, ask another site administrator to delete your account for you.
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## Should I delete or suspend a user account?
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{% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} recommends suspending users where possible, rather than deleting their accounts. Suspending user accounts on {% data variables.product.product_name %} preserves the history of resources owned by the user account, such as repositories and pull requests, and releases the licensed seat previously consumed by the user. See "[AUTOTITLE](/admin/managing-accounts-and-repositories/managing-users-in-your-enterprise/suspending-and-unsuspending-users)."
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As an alternative to deleting or suspending a user account, to stop a user's repositories being permanently removed from your enterprise you can place a legal hold on the user account. See "[Placing a legal hold on a user or organization](/admin/managing-accounts-and-repositories/managing-users-in-your-enterprise/placing-a-legal-hold-on-a-user-or-organization)."
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## Deleting a user from the site admin dashboard
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Before deleting a user account, you should consider if a backup or copy of the repositories, private forks, wikis, issues, and pull requests owned by the user account is required. See "[AUTOTITLE](/admin/backing-up-and-restoring-your-instance/configuring-backups-on-your-instance)" and "[AUTOTITLE](/repositories/archiving-a-github-repository/backing-up-a-repository)."
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{% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.access-settings %}
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{% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.search-user %}
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{% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.click-user %}
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{% data reusables.enterprise_site_admin_settings.admin-top-tab %}
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1. Under "Delete account," in the "Danger Zone" section, click **Delete this account**.
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1. In the "Delete account" dialog box, under "Make sure you want to do this", review the changes. To confirm, enter the username of the account to be deleted.
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1. Click **Delete this account**.
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## Further reading
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/rest/enterprise-admin/users#delete-a-user)"
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- /removing-a-member-from-your-enterprise
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- /managing-dormant-users
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- /suspending-and-unsuspending-users
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- /deleting-users-from-your-instance
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- /placing-a-legal-hold-on-a-user-or-organization
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- /auditing-ssh-keys
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- /rebuilding-contributions-data
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- /enabling-guest-collaborators
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shortTitle: Manage users
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---
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{% ifversion ghes %}
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Dormant users are not automatically suspended. Consider suspending dormant users to release license seats. See "[AUTOTITLE](/admin/managing-accounts-and-repositories/managing-users-in-your-enterprise/suspending-and-unsuspending-users)."
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## Viewing dormant users
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{% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.viewing-dormant-users %}
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```shell
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$ git clone git@[hostname]:john-doe/test-repo.git
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Cloning into 'test-repo'...
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ERROR: Your account is suspended. Please check with
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ERROR: Your account is suspended. Please check with
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your installation administrator.
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fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
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```
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Before suspending site administrators, you must demote them to regular users. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/admin/user-management/managing-users-in-your-enterprise/promoting-or-demoting-a-site-administrator)."
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{% tip %}
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**Note:** If [LDAP Sync is enabled](/admin/identity-and-access-management/using-ldap-for-enterprise-iam/using-ldap#enabling-ldap-sync) for {% data variables.location.product_location %}, users are automatically suspended when they're removed from the LDAP directory server. When LDAP Sync is enabled for your instance, normal user suspension methods are disabled.
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{% endtip %}
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> [!TIP]
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> * If LDAP Sync is enabled for {% data variables.location.product_location %}, users are automatically suspended based on the scenarios that are described in "[AUTOTITLE](/admin/identity-and-access-management/using-ldap-for-enterprise-iam/using-ldap#enabling-ldap-sync)."
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> * A user cannot be suspended or unsuspended from the site admin dashboard or from the command line when LDAP Sync is enabled for your instance.
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> * {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} recommends suspending users where possible, rather than deleting their accounts.
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## Viewing suspended users in the site admin dashboard
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