Title: Remove Users vs Delete Users
Last modified: December 23, 2016

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# Remove Users vs Delete Users

 *  Resolved [P](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poripa/)
 * (@poripa)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-users-vs-delete-users/)
 * What is the difference between these capabilities? “Remove Users” and “Delete
   Users”

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 *  Plugin Author [Kevin Behrens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinb/)
 * (@kevinb)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-users-vs-delete-users/#post-8745489)
 * remove_users pertains to removal of a defined user from site(s) on a network (
   multisite) installation. After removal, the user continues to be defined on the
   network, but is no longer registered for the specified site(s).

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-users-vs-delete-users/#post-8745489)
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