How to delete user accounts

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Hi, I’m able to deactivate a user and remove he from team. However, the user name still shows up when I search that user name in ‘Direct Messages’ window. Is there a way to fully delete a user account?

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Hi @lucy,

There are two levels in user deactivation/deletion:

The first one is user deactivation which is what you performed. After deactivating a user, that user becomes archived and you can still search him/her and read their messages in channels.

The second is user deletion. You can do this via a CLI command. Note that when you permanently delete a user, all their posts and past activities will get permanently deleted.

Hope this helps,

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Thanks for the quick reply! Appreciate it!

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