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This article describes how to disable and delete users within the GoodData platform and individual projects.

The procedures in this article assume that you access your projects at https://secure.gooddata.com/.

If you are a white-labeled customer, replace secure.gooddata.com with your white-labeled domain in the following procedure steps.

Contents:

Disable a User in a Project

Steps:

  1. Log in to the GoodData Portal at https://secure.gooddata.com/.
  2. Click Manage on the project toolbar.
    The administration page opens.
  3. Click the Project & Users tab.

  4. On the Active tab, locate the user that you want to disable, and click Deactivate.
    The user is disabled and is moved from the Active tab to the Deactivated tab.

When the user tries to access the project, they see a message that their account is not authorized.

Any contributions that the user has made to the project (reports, comments, customized metrics) remain in the project. You can re-enable the disabled user at any time.

Enable a Disabled User

Steps:

  1. Log in to the GoodData Portal at https://secure.gooddata.com/.
  2. Click Manage on the project toolbar.
    The administration page opens.
  3. Click the Project & Users tab.
  4. Click the Deactivated tab.
  5. Locate the user that you want to enable, and click Enable.
    The user is enabled and is moved from the Deactivated tab to the Active tab.

The user can access the project normally.

Delete a User from a Project

You can:

  • Delete yourself from a project.
  • Delete another user from a project.

Delete Yourself from a Project

Deleting yourself from a project means leaving this project. See Leave a Project.

You cannot leave a project if you are the only administrator in it.

Delete Another User from a Project

Use the API for deleting a user from a project.

You must have the 'canSuspendUserFromProject' permission (see User Roles Permissions) in the project from which you want to delete a user.

Delete a User from the GoodData Platform

You can:

  • Delete yourself from the GoodData platform.

  • Delete another user from the GoodData platform.

Delete Yourself from the GoodData Platform

Steps:

  1. Log in to the GoodData Portal at https://secure.gooddata.com.
  2. Click your username in the top right corner, and select Account.
    The account settings page opens.
  3. Click Delete Account.
    A confirmation dialog appears.
  4. Confirm the account deletion.
    The dialog closes. Your account is deleted from the GoodData platform. You cannot log in to the GoodData platform anymore. You cannot access any GoodData projects.

Delete Another User from the GoodData Platform

Use the API for deleting a user from the GoodData platform.

You must be a domain administrator (see Your GoodData Domain) to delete a user from the GoodData platform.

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