# Deleting a User Account

- As a user, you can delete your own account by navigating to **Settings** > **Account** and selecting **Delete account**
- As an admin, you can delete a user account by navigating to the **Admin Area**, selecting the **Users** tab, selecting a user, and clicking on **Remove user**

## Associated Records

> Introduced for issues in [GitLab 9.0][ce-7393], and for merge requests, award emoji, notes, and abuse reports in [GitLab 9.1][ce-10467].

When a user account is deleted, not all associated records are deleted with it. Here's a list of things that will not be deleted:

- Issues that the user created
- Merge requests that the user created
- Notes that the user created
- Abuse reports that the user reported
- Award emoji that the user craeted


Instead of being deleted, these records will be moved to a system-wide "Ghost User", whose sole purpose is to act as a container for such records.


[ce-7393]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/7393
[ce-10467]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10467


