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user:cancel

Block or delete user account(s) with the specified name(s).

  • Existing content may be deleted or reassigned to the Anonymous user. See options.
  • By default only nodes are deleted or reassigned. Custom entity types need own code to support cancellation. See https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3043725 for updates.

Examples

  • drush user:cancel username. Block the user account with the name username.
  • drush user:cancel --delete-content username. Delete the user account with the name username and delete all content created by that user.
  • drush user:cancel --reassign-content username. Delete the user account with the name username and assign all her content to the anonymous user.

Arguments

  • [names]. A comma delimited list of user names.

Options

  • --delete-content. Delete the user, and delete all content created by that user.
  • --reassign-content. Delete the user and make its content belong to the anonymous user.
  • --uid=UID. A comma delimited list of user ids to lookup (an alternative to names).
  • --mail=MAIL. A comma delimited list of emails to lookup (an alternative to names).

Global Options

  • -v|vv|vvv, --verbose. Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
  • -y, --yes. Auto-accept the default for all user prompts. Equivalent to --no-interaction.
  • -l, --uri=URI. A base URL for building links and selecting a multi-site. Defaults to https://default.
  • To see all global options, run drush topic and pick the first choice.

Aliases

  • ucan
  • user-cancel

Legend

  • An argument or option with square brackets is optional.
  • Any default value is listed at end of arg/option description.
  • An ellipsis indicates that an argument accepts multiple values separated by a space.