Manual:deleteUserEmail.php

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.38 Gerrit change 720819

MediaWiki file: deleteUserEmail.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.43.0 • 1.42.4 • 1.39.11
Classes:	DeleteUserEmail

Details

deleteUserEmail.php file is a maintenance script to delete the email address of users on the wiki. This can be used as a mechanism to preserve privacy of users by removing some personally identifying information, their email address.

Options/Arguments

Argument	Description	Required?
<user>	Username or user ID, if starts with #	Required

Usage

php maintenance/run.php deleteUserEmail <user>

In MediaWiki version 1.39.10 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php deleteUserEmail Foo

Done!

This will blank Foo's email address from the database.

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php deleteUserEmail '#19'

Done!

This will blank user ID number #19's email address from the database. Note the quotes around #19, which may be required.

See also

• User table
• CheckUsernames.php
• FixUserRegistration.php