Commit ab754b70 authored by Evan Read's avatar Evan Read

Merge branch 'roffermanns-master-patch-70548' into 'master'

Mention the fact that all groups where the user is the sole owner will be deleted

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!82381
parents 394460bd 30c374ef
...@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ As an administrator, to delete a user account: ...@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ As an administrator, to delete a user account:
1. On the left sidebar, select **Overview > Users**. 1. On the left sidebar, select **Overview > Users**.
1. Select a user. 1. Select a user.
1. Under the **Account** tab, select: 1. Under the **Account** tab, select:
- **Delete user** to delete only the user but maintain their [associated records](#associated-records). - **Delete user** to delete only the user but maintain their [associated records](#associated-records). You can't use this option if
- **Delete user and contributions** to delete the user and their associated records. the selected user is the sole owner of any groups.
- **Delete user and contributions** to delete the user and their associated records. This option also removes all groups (and
projects within these groups) where the user is the sole direct Owner of a group. Inherited ownership doesn't apply.
WARNING: WARNING:
Using the **Delete user and contributions** option may result in removing more data than intended. See Using the **Delete user and contributions** option may result in removing more data than intended. See
...@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ When deleting users, you can either: ...@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ When deleting users, you can either:
An alternative to deleting is [blocking a user](../../admin_area/moderate_users.md#block-a-user). An alternative to deleting is [blocking a user](../../admin_area/moderate_users.md#block-a-user).
When a user is deleted from an [abuse report](../../admin_area/review_abuse_reports.md) or spam log, these associated When a user is deleted from an [abuse report](../../admin_area/review_abuse_reports.md) or spam log, these associated
records are always removed. This includes any groups of which the user is the only user with the Owner role. records are always removed.
The deleting associated records option can be requested in the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) as well as The deleting associated records option can be requested in the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) as well as
the Admin Area. the Admin Area.
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