# Could you delete my account?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-you-delete-my-account/282193
**Category:** Meta Elastic
**Created:** [August 23, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-you-delete-my-account/282193 "2021-08-23T06:57:30Z")
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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-you-delete-my-account/282193/2 "2021-08-23T09:40:13Z")

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We prefer not deleting accounts as it removes all the topics and posts and creates a disjointed forum.

If you no longer need it then we can anonymise it, which will delete your email address and give the account a random name. That way it keeps the posts.

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