Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › Why users can’t be deleted from salesforce.com? Tagged: Salesforce Development, User Management, UserRoles Salesforce® Discussions Why users can’t be deleted from salesforce.com? Posted by Saurabh on April 13, 2017 at 1:12 PM Why we are only able to deactivate the user but we cann’t delete it in salesforce. Jos replied 9 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies Salesforce DevelopmentUser ManagementUserRoles 2 Replies Suraj Member April 13, 2017 at 1:30 PM Hi Saurabh, You cannot delete users from Salesforce. You can remove their license or deactivate them to remove access to the system, but because they may still own records, they cannot be deleted. [adinserter block='9'] Jos Member April 13, 2017 at 1:39 PM Hi Saurabh, I believe because of inconsistancy risks as users (OwnerID) are the core or all objects. Cheers, Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me