# How to delete users?

**URL:** <https://community.vikunja.io/t/how-to-delete-users/17>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [3 May 2020 15:00 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/how-to-delete-users/17 "2020-05-03T15:00:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![adb76](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@adb76](https://community.vikunja.io/u/adb76)\
**Post date:** [3 May 2020 15:00 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/how-to-delete-users/17/1 "2020-05-03T15:00:25Z")

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Hello,

I installed Vikunja on my self hosted server - and I really like it!  
After installing and testing, I have a question: Is there any possibility to delete a user which is registered in Vikunja via the frontend? Or do I have to delete in somehow directly in the backend? Thanks in advance for a feedback.

Regards,

André

P.S. If you are interested I can offer you support in translating the frontend to german.

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**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\
**Post date:** [3 May 2020 18:20 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/how-to-delete-users/17/2 "2020-05-03T18:20:45Z")

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The frontend is not capable of deleting an account (nor is the api) but we have that on the roadmap. The tricky part with this is to delete everything the user has done (tasks, lists, comments etc) not only the user themselves. To do that, we need to first find a way of handling shared lists/namespaces where the user is the owner.

Translation for the frontend is also planned at some point, it’s just low priority at the moment - I’ll notice you once it is translatable.

Thank you for using Vikunja.

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**Author:** ![humptydumpty](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@humptydumpty](https://community.vikunja.io/u/humptydumpty)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2021 19:45 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/how-to-delete-users/17/3 "2021-03-06T19:45:10Z")

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Hello. Any updates on this?

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**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\
**Post date:** [7 March 2021 10:02 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/how-to-delete-users/17/4 "2021-03-07T10:02:22Z")

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No, no updates on this. PRs welcome 🙂

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**Author:** ![spikerguy](https://community.vikunja.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@spikerguy](https://community.vikunja.io/u/spikerguy)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2022 16:00 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/how-to-delete-users/17/5 "2022-05-01T16:00:30Z")

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Can there be a way to atleast disable the users so they cannot access the system anymore while keeping the files that they have created or changed ?

Disabling can fulfill the objective atm.

Update found the disable command in cli docs. Sorry.

Sadly I am not able to execute the command from docker as vikunja binary is not being found under `/usr/bin/` nor `/opt/`

Can someone advice?

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**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2022 05:29 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/how-to-delete-users/17/6 "2022-05-02T05:29:19Z")

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As discussed on matrix, `./vikunja` or `/app/vikunja/vikunja` should work.