Manual:deleteUserEmail.php
| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.38 Gerrit change 720819 |
| MediaWiki file: deleteUserEmail.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.45.3 • 1.44.5 • 1.43.8 |
| Classes: | DeleteUserEmail |
Details
[edit]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
[edit]| Argument | Description | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| <user> | Username or user ID, if starts with # | Required |
Usage
[edit]php maintenance/run.php deleteUserEmail <user>
In MediaWiki version MediaWiki 1.39 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.