NuGet Account Deletion Workflow
Status: Implemented
The work for this feature and the discussion around the spec is tracked here - Enable NuGet Account Deletion workflow #3204
Today there is no option for a user to delete their NuGet account. If we get a valid request to delete an account, we don’t have a workflow to do it.
Any person or entity which has registered and has a NuGet.org account.
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Go to https://www.nuget.org/account/delete (URL subject to change). You are prompted to login, even if you already are.
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Form to submit the request
- Click submit and confirm
- Request submitted
- This page will be displayed if you go to delete URL after the request has been submitted.
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You receive an email notification stating that we have received a request to delete your account.
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Account is deleted and the account page leads to a 404. All orphaned packages are unlisted.
- The account can be deleted immediately if no child packages exist, or all child packages have co-owners (packages won't be orphaned when the account is deleted). Else the support team will reach out to the current owner for a recommendation for an alternate owner.
- The package is unlisted and NuGet.org displays a warning under owners.
- Contact Owners Page
- Username of a deleted account will be reserved and new accounts with the same username cannot be created. Attempting to create a new account with the same username will display the same message we show today if there is an existing account with that username.
- When a deleted user tries to login will display the same message we show today for incorrect username and/or password.