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| author | Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com> | 2018-07-24 17:17:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com> | 2018-07-24 17:17:46 +0100 |
| commit | 87951d3891efb5bccedf72c12b3da0d6ab482253 (patch) | |
| tree | de7d997567c66c5a4d8743c1f3b9d6b474f5cfd9 /docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst | |
| parent | if inviter_display_name == ""||None then default to inviter MXID (diff) | |
| parent | Merge pull request #3595 from matrix-org/erikj/use_deltas (diff) | |
| download | synapse-87951d3891efb5bccedf72c12b3da0d6ab482253.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into t3chguy/default_inviter_display_name_3pid
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diff --git a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst index 1c9c5a6bde..d17121a188 100644 --- a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst +++ b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst @@ -44,13 +44,26 @@ Deactivate Account This API deactivates an account. It removes active access tokens, resets the password, and deletes third-party IDs (to prevent the user requesting a -password reset). +password reset). It can also mark the user as GDPR-erased (stopping their data +from distributed further, and deleting it entirely if there are no other +references to it). The api is:: POST /_matrix/client/r0/admin/deactivate/<user_id> -including an ``access_token`` of a server admin, and an empty request body. +with a body of: + +.. code:: json + + { + "erase": true + } + +including an ``access_token`` of a server admin. + +The erase parameter is optional and defaults to 'false'. +An empty body may be passed for backwards compatibility. Reset password |