<![CDATA[How can I disable a user without deleting them?]]>I want to disable a user account, but I want to keep their information around.

]]>https://fusionauth.io/community/forum/topic/798/how-can-i-disable-a-user-without-deleting-themRSS for NodeThu, 16 Jul 2026 17:09:27 GMTMon, 08 Feb 2021 20:57:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How can I disable a user without deleting them? on Mon, 08 Feb 2021 20:59:55 GMT]]>You can use a 'soft delete'.

Whenever you delete a user with the API without using hardDelete=true, the user is not able to login, but will still be visible in the API and the management UI.

See https://fusionauth.io/docs/v1/tech/apis/users/#delete-a-user for more.

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