In Elium, a user cannot personally remove or disable his/her account. Only a system administrator has the ability to disable a profile.
Disable a User Account
What are the consequences?
A disabled user cannot sign in anymore.
He/she becomes invisible on the platform.
His/her profile record is archived.
His/her contributions are retained with a symbol indicating he/she has been disabled.
This option is available from the 'Options' menu, 'Users' tab, in the administration interface.
📝 Notes
A disabled user can be re-enabled at any time.
Delete a User Account
To ensure GDPR compliance, it is also possible to permanently delete a user.
Disable the user's account.
Click again in the "Options" menu of the "Users" tab in the administration interface.
Click on "Delete Permanently".
A pop-up window will appear to confirm the final deletion action.
By clicking on "OK", the user's profile will be permanently deleted.
❌ Important
This action is absolutely irreversible. Once a user is deleted, all personal information is permanently removed from our database and cannot be recovered.
📝 Notes
This action only deletes the user’s personal data and not the content or activity of the user on the platform. If you wish to delete the content or activity of that user, you will need to do it manually.
📝 Notes
The user profile will now be displayed with the username “Deleted User” and will not contain any profile details. However, it is important to note that anywhere a user was mentioned will still show the username as it was before.