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fix: move admin email change setting to User Config chapter
Also fixed some typos, grammar, etc. Signed-off-by: Josh <josh.t.richards@gmail.com>
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@@ -13,19 +13,19 @@ On the User management page of your Nextcloud Web UI you can:
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* View and set quotas
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* Create and edit their email addresses
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* Send an automatic email notification to new users
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* Disable and Enable users
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* Disable and enable users
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* Delete them with a single click
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The default view displays basic information about your users.
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.. figure:: ../images/user-config.png
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The Group filters on the left sidebar lets you quickly filter users by their
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group memberships, and create new groups.
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The group filters on the left sidebar let you quickly filter users by their
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group memberships and create new groups.
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.. figure:: ../images/user-config-groups.png
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.. note: User counts for certain groups such as "All accounts" may not be
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.. note:: User counts for certain groups, such as "All accounts," may not be
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visible when using certain backends such as LDAP/AD/SAML.
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Click the gear icon on the lower left sidebar to set a default storage quota,
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@@ -38,37 +38,36 @@ Show user backend, Send email to new users,** and **Show email address**.
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User accounts have the following properties:
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*Login Name (Username)*
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The unique ID of a Nextcloud user, and it cannot be changed.
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The unique ID of a Nextcloud user, which cannot be changed.
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*Full Name*
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The user's display name that appears on file shares, the Nextcloud Web
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interface, and emails. Admins and users may change the Full Name anytime. If
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the Full Name is not set it defaults to the login name.
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interface, and emails. Admins and users may change the Full Name at any time. If
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the Full Name is not set, it defaults to the login name.
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*Password*
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The admin sets the new user's first password. Both the user and the admin can
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change the user's password at anytime.
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The admin sets the new user's initial password. Both the user and the admin can
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change the user's password at any time.
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*Email address*
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You can set an email address for a user.
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This address can be used when you first set-up an account
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so the user receive a mail asking them to create a password if none is provided.
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This address can be used for password reset request.
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This address can be used when you first set up an account
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so the user receives an email asking them to create a password if none is provided.
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This address can also be used for password reset requests.
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*Groups*
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You may create groups, and assign group memberships to users. By default new
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You may create groups and assign group memberships to users. By default, new
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users are not assigned to any groups.
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*Group Admin*
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Group admins are granted administrative privileges on specific groups, and
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Group admins are granted administrative privileges for specific groups and
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can create and remove users from their groups. This means they can modify the
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username, password, email, quota, etc. of members of the group. Group admins
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username, password, email, quota, etc., of members of the group. Group admins
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are not allowed to add existing users to their groups.
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*Quota*
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The maximum disk space assigned to each user. Any user that exceeds the quota
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cannot upload or sync data. You have the the option to include external
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The maximum disk space assigned to each user. Any user who exceeds the quota
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cannot upload or sync data. You have the option to include external
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storage in user quotas.
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*Manager*
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@@ -89,8 +88,8 @@ To create a user account:
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.. figure:: ../images/user-config-new-user.png
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Login names may contain letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), dashes (-),
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underscores (_), periods (.), spaces ( ) and at signs (@). After creating the user, you
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may fill in their **Full Name** if it is different than the login name, or
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underscores (_), periods (.), spaces ( ), and at signs (@). After creating the user, you
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may fill in their **Full Name** if it is different from the login name, or
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leave it for the user to complete.
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If you have checked **Send email to new user** in the control panel on the
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@@ -99,8 +98,8 @@ Nextcloud will automatically send them a notification with their new login
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information. You may edit this email using the email template editor on your
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Admin page (see :doc:`../configuration_server/email_configuration`).
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Set the **Send email to new user**-checkbox allows you to leave the **Password**
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field empty. The user will get an activation-email to set their own password.
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Setting the **Send email to new user** checkbox allows you to leave the **Password**
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field empty. The user will get an activation email to set their own password.
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Reset a user's password
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-----------------------
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@@ -126,47 +125,45 @@ the display name of a user, but you cannot change the login name of any user.
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To set or change a user's display name:
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* Hover your cursor over the user's **Full Name** field
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* Click on the **Pencil icon**
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* Click on the **pencil icon**
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* Enter the user's new display name
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Granting administrator privileges to a user
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-------------------------------------------
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Nextcloud has two types of administrators: **Super Administrators** and **Group
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Administrators**. Group administrators have the rights to create, edit and
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Administrators**. Group administrators have the rights to create, edit, and
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delete users in their assigned groups. Group administrators cannot access
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system settings, or add or modify users in the groups that they are not **Group
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Administrators** for. Use the dropdown menus in the **Group Admin** column to
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system settings or add or modify users in groups for which they are not **Group
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Administrators**. Use the dropdown menus in the **Group Admin** column to
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assign group admin privileges.
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.. figure:: ../images/user-config-group-admin.png
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**Super Administrators** have full rights on your Nextcloud server, and can
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**Super Administrators** have full rights on your Nextcloud server and can
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access and modify all settings. To assign the **Super Administrators** role to
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a user, simply add them to the ``admin`` group.
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Managing groups
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---------------
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You can assign new users to groups when you create them, and create new groups
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You can assign new users to groups when you create them and create new groups
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when you create new users. You may also use the **Add Group** button at the top
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of the left pane to create new groups. New group members will immediately
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have access to file shares that belong to their new groups.
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Setting Storage quotas
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Setting storage quotas
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----------------------
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Click the gear on the lower left pane to set a default storage quota. This is
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Click the gear icon on the lower left pane to set a default storage quota. This is
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automatically applied to new users. You may assign a different quota to any user
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by selecting from the **Quota** dropdown, selecting either a preset value or
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entering a custom value. When you create custom quotas, use the normal
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abbreviations for your storage values such as 500 MB, 5 GB, 5 TB, and so on.
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entering a custom value. When you create custom quotas, use the standard
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abbreviations for your storage values, such as 500 MB, 5 GB, 5 TB, and so on.
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You now have a configurable option in ``config.php`` that controls whether
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external storage is counted against user's quotas. This is still
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experimental, and may not work as expected. The default is to not count
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external storage is counted against users' quotas. This is still
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experimental and may not work as expected. The default is to not count
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external storage as part of user storage quotas. If you prefer to include it,
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then change the default ``false`` to ``true``.
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@@ -178,7 +175,7 @@ then change the default ``false`` to ``true``.
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be calculable and will be **ignored**.
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Metadata (such as thumbnails, temporary files, and encryption keys) takes up
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about 10% of disk space, but is not counted against user quotas. Users can check
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about 10% of disk space but is not counted against user quotas. Users can check
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their used and available space on their Personal pages. Only files that
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originate with users count against their quotas, and not files shared with them
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that originate from other users. For example, if you upload files to a
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@@ -191,13 +188,13 @@ is calculated against the user's quota.
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Deleted files that are still in the trash bin do not count against quotas. The
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trash bin is set at 50% of quota. Deleted file aging is set at 30 days. When
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deleted files exceed 50% of quota then the oldest files are removed until the
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deleted files exceed 50% of quota, the oldest files are removed until the
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total is below 50%.
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When version control is enabled, the older file versions are not counted
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When version control is enabled, older file versions are not counted
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against quotas.
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When a user creates a public share via URL, and allows uploads, any uploaded
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When a user creates a public share via URL and allows uploads, any uploaded
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files count against that user's quota.
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Disable and enable users
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@@ -206,22 +203,22 @@ Disable and enable users
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.. figure:: ../images/user-config-actions.png
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Sometimes you may want to disable a user without permanently deleting their
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settings and files. The user can be activated any time again, without data-loss.
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settings and files. The user can be activated again at any time, without data loss.
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Hover your cursor over their name on the **Users** page until the "..."-menu icon
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Hover your cursor over their name on the **Users** page until the "..." menu icon
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appears at the far right. After clicking on it, you will see the **Disable** option.
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The user will not longer be able to access their Nextcloud until you enable them again.
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Also all external shares, via public link or email, will not be accessible.
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Internal shares will still be working, so that other users on Nextcloud can continue working.
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The user will no longer be able to access their Nextcloud until you enable them again.
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Also, all external shares, via public link or email, will not be accessible.
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Internal shares will still be working, so other users on Nextcloud can continue working.
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If you wish for internal shares to be disabled as well when a user is disabled,
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activate the configuration option files_sharing:hide_disabled_user_shares::
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occ config:app:set files_sharing hide_disabled_user_shares --value yes
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You will find all disabled users in the **disabled**-section on the left pane.
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Enabling users is as easy as disabling them. Just click on the "..."-menu, and
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You will find all disabled users in the **disabled** section on the left pane.
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Enabling users is as easy as disabling them. Just click on the "..." menu, and
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select **Enable**.
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Deleting users
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@@ -230,11 +227,11 @@ Deleting users
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.. figure:: ../images/user-config-actions.png
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Deleting a user is easy: hover your cursor over their name on the **Users** page
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until the "..."-menu icon appears at the far right. After clicking on it, you will
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see the **Delete** option. Clicking on it, deletes a user with all their data immediately.
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until the "..." menu icon appears at the far right. After clicking on it, you will
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see the **Delete** option. Clicking on it deletes a user with all their data immediately.
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You'll see an undo button at the top of the page, which remains for some seconds.
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When the undo button is gone you cannot recover the deleted user.
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You'll see an undo button at the top of the page, which remains for a few seconds.
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When the undo button is gone, you cannot recover the deleted user.
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All of the files owned by the user are deleted as well, including all files they
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have shared. If you need to preserve the user's files and shares, you must first
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@@ -242,3 +239,19 @@ download them from your Nextcloud Files page, which compresses them into a zip
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file, or use a sync client to copy them to your local computer. See
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:doc:`../configuration_files/file_sharing_configuration` to learn how to create
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persistent file shares that survive user deletions.
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Disabling the "Your email address [...] was changed" email
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----------------------------------------------------------
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If an email address of a user is changed by an admin, then it triggers an email
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to the user that states "Your email address on [URL] was changed by an
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administrator.". In some cases this should not be triggered, because it was a
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normal maintenance change. To disable this specific email the appconfig option
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``disable_email.email_address_changed_by_admin`` can be set to ``yes``::
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occ config:app:set settings disable_activity.email_address_changed_by_admin --value yes
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To disable this behaviour change it to any other value or delete the app config::
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occ config:app:delete settings disable_activity.email_address_changed_by_admin
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