Deleting a FileCloud User

As an administrator, you can delete a FileCloud user account.

When a user account is deleted

  • By default, the user's data stored in My Files is deleted.
  • The user can no longer log in via browser or connect using the Sync client or Drive client.
  • The user's license account is released, and the available license count is incremented by 1.
  • The user is removed from all shares.
  • The user's workflows are deleted.
  • Data shared by the user is no longer be available.
  • In FileCloud version 19.1 and later, you can move the user's data before deleting the user.
Account TypeEffect
User with "Default Authentication" (Local User)

Local user account is deleted.

User with "AD or LDAP Authentication"Only the FileCloud account will be deleted. No change will be done to the user in the AD or LDAP server.

Do you want to save the data before deleting a user account?

(warning)  Support for moving the files before a user deletion is only available through the command line in FileCloud Server version 19.1 and later.

When a user account needs to be deleted, administrators can move the files to a different user instead of allowing the files to be deleted with the user account.

  1. In a command line enter:

    For Windows:

    cd c:\xampp\htdocs\resources\tools\fileutils
    PATH=%PATH%;C:\xampp\php

    For Linux:

    cd /var/www/html/resources/tools/fileutils/
  2. Then, for both Windows and Linux, enter:

    php txfilesanddeleteaccount.php -h <host> -u <user> -p /destination/path -o

    Parameters:
    [Required] -h <host> Site host name or 'default' for default site 
    [Required] -u user account whose files are to be transferred before account delete
    [Required] -p path to which the user files are to be moved before deleting account
    [Optional] -o set this flag to overwrite and merge transferred file with destination


Examples:
a) Command to transfer files of user "richard" to path /tgtuser/holding of default site:

php txfilesanddeleteaccount.php -h default -u richard -p /tgtuser/holding

b) Command to transfer files of user "richard" to path /tgtuser/holding of default site, overwriting files/folders that may exists in the destination:

php txfilesanddeleteaccount.php -h default -u richard -p /tgtuser/holding -o

How do you want to delete a user account?

Use the command line
Use the admin portal