Manual:$wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf

User rights, access control and monitoring: $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf
Use this to allow users to remove themselves from specified groups via Special:Userrights.
Introduced in version:	1.12.0 (r29765)
Removed in version:	Still in use
Allowed values:	(array)
Default value:	[]
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Details

$wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf allow users to remove their own user rights.

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.14

The syntax since 1.14 is:

$wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf['sysop'][] = 'bot'; // adminstrators can remove themselves from the bot group: $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf['sysop'] = array( 'bot' );

MediaWiki versions:

1.12 – 1.13

The syntax of MW 1.12 - 1.13 is:

$wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf = array( 'group1', 'group2', '...' );

Changes in 1.14.0

In r39368, the way this variable works was changed. Before, it allowed every user to remove groups from themselves, now it can be filtered on a per-group basis. The new syntax is $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf['group1'] = array( 'group2', 'group3' ); which allows any user in the group "group1" to remove the groups "group2" and "group3" from themselves. The old syntax will still work, allowing every user to remove groups from themselves, but it is recommended that you use $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf['user'] = array( 'group1', 'group2' ); instead.

You may use $wgGroupsRemoveFromSelf['group'] = true; to allow users in that group to remove every group from themselves.

See also

• Manual:$wgAddGroups
• Manual:$wgRemoveGroups
• Manual:$wgGroupsAddToSelf
• Manual:$wgGroupPermissions
• Manual:User rights - information about managing and the assignment of user groups.