Is it save to delete users from the database? (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 1 year ago by soeren@iusearchlinux.fyi to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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Someone did a mistake while creating his account and i want to delete the account from database so he can create a new account with the same username

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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 1 year ago

I had to do that earlier, and haven't had any issues. Just make sure you remove them from both person and local_user tables. They're linked on person.id = local_user.person_id.

I exported the user's row data from both tables before deleting them just to be cautious.

[-] soeren@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

thanks for the info

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