What happens when users are deleted from the external database?

When you authenticate with an external source, by default, each time a person logs in, Moodle looks to the external source for that person's username and password. If the username is removed from the external source, Moodle can do one of the following actions:

  • Keep the user active in Moodle: This means that although the person was removed from the external source, they can still log in because their profile and login information is still in the Moodle database
  • Suspend the user in Moodle: The person's records will still be in Moodle, but they cannot log in
  • Delete the user from Moodle: The person's records will be completely deleted from Moodle

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