Title: Deleted User
Last modified: July 2, 2019

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# Deleted User

 *  [infoati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infoati/)
 * (@infoati)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/)
 * Hi, I hired someone from upwork.com to do some work on my website and when I 
   hired them I created a log in for them to use whilst doing the work. After they
   completed the work I thought it would be a good idea to delete the user so they
   couldn’t log in again and make further unauthorised changes. When I did this,
   I wasn’t aware that with deleting a user it deletes all their content as well.
   I noticed on other posts that content can be transferred to other users upon 
   deletion but I don’t remember seeing this option when I deleted it. So now all
   the content and work they did on the website has been deleted etc. Is there anyway
   of getting this content back? I don’t have any backups of the data as obviously
   it was done by a third party person. Any help would would be great!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdeleted-user-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11694570)
 * Check the TRASH for posts and pages. I don’t think it trashes stuff, but it just
   might.
 * It’s YOUR responsibility to backup your site, not some dev you hired. A painful
   lesson.
 *  Thread Starter [infoati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infoati/)
 * (@infoati)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11694600)
 * Most of the content he created wasn’t done as posts or pages but thank you for
   that tip. Is there anyway to restore what was done in terms of coding and icons
   and pictures added etc.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11694876)
 * Nope.
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11695016)
 * There _might_ be, but only if your hosting company has regular backups. If they
   do you can contact them and ask them to resotre a previous backup.
 * If they don’t then you’re out of luck.
 * As a recommendation, it’s a good idea to st up a backup system. What you’re going
   through now is only one reason why it’s useful, and could be avoided if you had
   something in place.
 *  Thread Starter [infoati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infoati/)
 * (@infoati)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11698378)
 * Thanks! Sorry I’m fairly basic when it comes to wordpress and website creation.
   So whats a hosting company? how do i know who that is and how do I set up a backup
   system?
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11698389)
 * The hosting comapny is who ever you pay for web hosting. You will be able to 
   find that out from past bills, so if you don’t know your accounts people will
   be able to tell you the company name at least.
 * For setting up backups, there’s many ways to do this, all with different pros
   and cons. As a start, have a read through this article – [https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-backups/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-backups/)
 *  Thread Starter [infoati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infoati/)
 * (@infoati)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11698727)
 * Thanks for all your help! If you don’t mind just helping me with one more thing.
   I created a new user for another web developer to use and now suddenly the user
   has been deleted? I didn’t do it and no one else has access too so how is the
   user login just randomly being deleted??
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11699458)
 * How are you checking the user is deleted and how did you create the user?
 *  Thread Starter [infoati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infoati/)
 * (@infoati)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11701836)
 * Ive made 2 new users now and when I go back into the user section after a couple
   days they were gone. Im making them by going ‘add new user’

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 * Last reply from: [infoati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infoati/)
 * Last activity: [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleted-user-2/#post-11701836)
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