# Error When Deleting User Using mmctl

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/error-when-deleting-user-using-mmctl/10847>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [December 3, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/error-when-deleting-user-using-mmctl/10847 "2020-12-03T20:45:02Z")\
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but even when it is set to true, this does only work in a standard installation and not inside a docker container installation with PostgreSQL database:

root@abc:/var/xyz/mattermost# docker-compose exec app sh  
~ $ mmctl user delete u78yrxgftpg89bwijmy6ez98we --confirm --local  
Unable to delete user ‘username’ error: : Konnte die zu löschenden Nachrichten für den Benutzer nicht auswählen.,  
(Could not select the messages for the user to delete)

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