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Delete Umbraco 17 user
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| DECLARE @UserId INT = 6; -- Replace with actual user ID | |
| DECLARE @NewOwnerId INT = 4; -- Replace with ID of user to reassign content to (-1 = admin) | |
| DECLARE @UserEmail NVARCHAR(255) = 'user@example.com'; -- Or find by email | |
| DECLARE @UserKey NVARCHAR(255) = '881c7002-72e2-49c4-ac8c-467114d14dd6'; -- will be replaced in code below | |
| -- Find user ID by email if needed | |
| -- SELECT @UserId = id FROM umbracoUser WHERE userEmail = @UserEmail; | |
| select @UserKey = [key] from umbracoUser WHERE id = @UserId; | |
| BEGIN TRANSACTION; | |
| -- REASSIGN CONTENT OWNERSHIP (prevents data loss) | |
| UPDATE umbracoNode | |
| SET nodeUser = @NewOwnerId | |
| WHERE nodeUser = @UserId; | |
| UPDATE umbracoContentVersion | |
| SET userId = @NewOwnerId | |
| WHERE userId = @UserId; | |
| UPDATE umbracoContentVersionCultureVariation | |
| SET availableUserId = @NewOwnerId | |
| WHERE availableUserId = @UserId; | |
| -- Remove user from user groups | |
| DELETE FROM umbracoUser2UserGroup WHERE userId = @UserId; | |
| -- Remove user login history | |
| DELETE FROM umbracoUserLogin WHERE userId = @UserId; | |
| -- Remove user start nodes | |
| DELETE FROM umbracoUserStartNode WHERE userId = @UserId; | |
| -- Remove external login tokens (if exists) | |
| DELETE FROM umbracoExternalLogin WHERE userOrMemberKey = @UserKey; | |
| -- Remove user data (if exists) | |
| DELETE FROM umbracoUserData WHERE userKey = @UserKey; | |
| -- Remove user log entries (THIS WAS MISSING) | |
| DELETE FROM umbracoLog WHERE userId = @UserId; | |
| DELETE FROM umbracoUser2ClientId WHERE userId = @UserId; | |
| DELETE FROM umbracoUser2NodeNotify WHERE userId = @UserId; | |
| -- Finally, remove the user | |
| DELETE FROM umbracoUser WHERE id = @UserId; | |
| -- Review before committing | |
| COMMIT TRANSACTION; | |
| -- ROLLBACK TRANSACTION; |
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