The upcoming DotNetNuke release 5.6.2 will have enhanced User Deletion capabilities. Deletion of a user moves user to a soft-deleted state, after which user can be permanently removed or restored back.

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Soft  Delete

When a user gets deleted, user goes into a soft-delete state. Admin can choose to restore user back into the portal or remove permanently.

When a user is soft-deleted, user can no longer log-in. If the user is already logged-in while admin deletes the user, user will be automatically logged-out upon next access to any page / resource.

When a user is soft-deleted, user is permanently disassociated from any Roles he/she was part of. Upon restore, user will need to be manually added back to Roles.

Soft-deleted users are still listed in Admin->User Accounts. They can be searched through any of the filters such as UserName, Alphabets, Email, etc. The only difference is that they are listed with different font (strike-through) and a different color (disabled). There is a new attribute in the "Edit User Accounts" screen to show Deleted flag. There are two icons in the User List for one-click Restore or Permanent Removal.

User Restore

Admins can choose to restore a soft-deleted user back to the portal. This can be done by clicking on the restore icon. User should be able to log-in with old password, provided user is authorized to log-in. However, user's Roles are not restored, Admin needs to add user back to the Roles manually.

User Removal

Admins can choose to permanently remove soft-deleted users from the entire system. A permanently deleted user can not be restored back. The Username of permanently removed user can be used to create new user.

If a Username is present in more than one portal, [permanent] removal of user in one portal has no affect on any other portals. If a username is required to be permanently removed from the entire system, the user needs to be permanently removed from each and every portal he/she is in. The [permanent] removal from the last portal will finally wash out the user the entire system, after which username can then be reused.

Bulk Removal

There is a new module action at the bottom of Admin->User Accounts "Removed Deleted Users". This action is provided to permanently remove 'All' the users in soft-delete mode in a portal.

Event Viewer

Event Viewer can have the following entries related to this feature:

User Deleted - Indicates user is soft-deleted
User Removed - Indicates user is permanently removed
User Restored - Indicates user is restored.