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Deleting a User Overview
User information is stored in Windchill user objects that are stored in the Windchill database, as well as in user directory entries that are stored in a directory service.
The following options are available for deleting users:
Delete the Windchill user with the Delete from Windchill action.
Delete both the Windchill user and the corresponding user directory entry with the Delete from Windchill and Windchill Directory Server action.
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To delete user directory entries, you must have write permission to the directory server where the user entry is stored.
Deleting a user disables the corresponding Windchill user object and removes the user from all of the groups of which the deleted user was a member. If the deleted user was a member of a team, they will still be linked to the team and visible within the team, although shown with a status of Deleted. If the user were re-enabled, they would once again be able to access the team. Deleting a user does not remove the user's personal cabinet or modify the user's worklist or checked-out objects.
For more information about the results of deleting a user, see Deleting Users.
Deleting users consists of two major activities:
1. Use the Participant Administration utility to delete Windchill users and, possibly, associated user directory entries.
2. Manually clean up the associated personal cabinet, worklist, and checked-out objects.
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