The deleting associated records option can be requested in the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) as well as
the Admin Area.
WARNING:
User approvals are associated with a user ID. Other user contributions do not have an associated user ID. When you delete a user and their contributions are moved to a "Ghost User", the approval contributions refer to a missing or invalid user ID. Instead of deleting users, consider [blocking](../../../administration/moderate_users.md#block-a-user), [banning](../../../administration/moderate_users.md#ban-a-user), or [deactivating](../../../administration/moderate_users.md#deactivate-a-user) them.
## Troubleshooting
### Deleting a user results in a PostgreSQL null value error
