<p>Currently, yes, that's how it works.</p>

<p>It's on our list to 1) Add a prompt warning what's about to happen and 2) Add options as to what you want to do with that author's current content (assign to a different user, delete, etc.).</p>

<p><strong>Update:</strong></p>

<p>As of <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/updates#build2615" rel="nofollow">Craft 2.3</a>, when a user's account is deleted you'll be prompted what you want to do with their content.</p>

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2014-10-07T02:57:56.893Z
None yet, @JDH.  I'll see what we can do about this for 2.3, though.
Brad Bell
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["When deleting a user account, it is now possible to transfer that user’s content to another user."](http://buildwithcraft.com/updates#build2615)
Brad Bell
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Brad Bell
<p>We had an instance where a user deleted an admin and it seemed to delete the content that user had created. Is this currently how Craft works? If so is there a way around that without having to change every entry's author. Or suggestion adding a prompt to warn user of content being deleted and to just suspend them.</p>

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When deleting a user do the entries they created also get deleted?
# When deleting a user do the entries they created also get deleted?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-18)

We had an instance where a user deleted an admin and it seemed to delete the content that user had created. Is this currently how Craft works? If so is there a way around that without having to change every entry's author. Or suggestion adding a prompt to warn user of content being deleted and to just suspend them.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-08-18. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

Currently, yes, that's how it works.

It's on our list to 1) Add a prompt warning what's about to happen and 2) Add options as to what you want to do with that author's current content (assign to a different user, delete, etc.).

**Update:**

As of [Craft 2.3](http://buildwithcraft.com/updates#build2615), when a user's account is deleted you'll be prompted what you want to do with their content.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: None yet, @JDH.  I'll see what we can do about this for 2.3, though.  
> **username_1**: ["When deleting a user account, it is now possible to transfer that user’s content to another user."](http://buildwithcraft.com/updates#build2615)  

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