How can a user delete him / herself?

Is there a way to integrate a 'delete account' button on the modify preferences page?

This would work the same way the admin's deletion tool works - posts would remain but the username changed to 'anonymous' or something else.

Currently it's not possible.

This was suggested some time ago to our team, but still, we doubt implementing that. This feature can actually lead to the claims from the user side, because in some cases, users want not just to delete their account data, but their posts and topics as well. When deleting an account, we must take into attention that some of the add-ons data like Avatars, Private Messages and many other stuff related to the users, should be deleted as well.

I have an add-on which I've programmed for one of our customers in the past, so if you hardly need this feature, so far I could suggest you to contact us privately and discuss the price of it. I doubt we will include it in miniBB by default, because it's requested rarely, and it means losing benefits of controlling the board.

hi,

making users agree to certain terms before they sign up can solve a lot of the issues.

but i take your comments on board and see how it goes without such a feature. if i need it i'll be in touch.

thank you.

Could you explain a bit wider what did you mean under it?

When users sign up in miniBB by default, they only provide fictitious data. Partially except their email address which is anyway a fictitious data and can't be considered as a privacy data. So I a bit didn't understand what you mean...

Here is the solution :) - http://www.minibb.com/download.php?file=minibb_solution_disclaimer

I would add that deleting users is a security issue too.

By default miniBB stores passwords with quite easy method. If somebody steals someone's password, or gains access to the users account some other way (for example, IF there would be a new security hole), then it will be impossible to delete an account. I guess nobody will post something under other's account, but deletion procedure is other side case.