# How to Delete an ID? **URL:** \ **Category:** Infrastructure\ **Tags:** delete, openmrs-id\ **Created:** [January 27, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-delete-an-id/21482 "2019-01-27T06:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/kdaud/32/13346_2.png) [@kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/kdaud)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-delete-an-id/21482/1 "2019-01-27T06:00:15Z")
I want one of my ID to be deleted from the community. I had not known yet how to recover a password to OpenMrs ID, so when I lost my password to the older account I opened up a new ID but I feel the old one should be eliminated from the community. Advise needed ---
**Author:** ![cintiadr](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/cintiadr/32/8081_2.png) [@cintiadr](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/cintiadr)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-delete-an-id/21482/2 "2019-01-27T07:11:35Z")
Don’t worry too much, at least for now. If you really feel strongly about deleting it (e.g. ‘right to be forgotten’), I can certainly take steps to delete most of that. But it’s a little bit tricky, to the point I’d just allow it to be left there. ---
**Author:** ![kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/kdaud/32/13346_2.png) [@kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/kdaud)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-delete-an-id/21482/3 "2019-01-27T07:47:21Z")
Alright , But I wish to have only one active ID with OpenMrs ---
**Author:** ![kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/kdaud/32/13346_2.png) [@kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/kdaud)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-delete-an-id/21482/4 "2019-01-27T07:57:11Z")
[@cintiadr](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/cintiadr), The account that I would wish to be deleted is in the names of [@daudkakumirizi17](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/daudkakumirizi17) ---
**Author:** ![mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/mksd/32/11729_2.png) [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-delete-an-id/21482/5 "2019-01-27T11:05:35Z")
@odusabimana I also noticed that you’ve got two IDs across OpenMRS infra: 1. [@odusabimana](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/odusabimana) 2. [@diokey](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/diokey) Wouldn’t you wish for the same steps to be taken in regards to the second ID listed above? ---
**Author:** ![kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/kdaud/32/13346_2.png) [@kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/kdaud)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-delete-an-id/21482/6 "2019-01-27T11:09:31Z")
Those are somebody else ID’s. Mine are 1. [@daudkakumirizi17](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/daudkakumirizi17) 2. [kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/kdaud) Of which I want ID number 1. 1. [@daudkakumirizi17](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/daudkakumirizi17) to be eliminated if possible ---
**Author:** ![odusabimana](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/odusabimana/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@odusabimana](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/odusabimana)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-delete-an-id/21482/7 "2019-01-27T16:59:25Z")
Yes, I exclusively use @odusabimana now. I would like to delete @diokey ---
**Author:** ![kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/kdaud/32/13346_2.png) [@kdaud](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/kdaud)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-delete-an-id/21482/8 "2019-01-27T17:04:43Z")
[@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd), [@cintiad](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/cintiadr), waiting for your help in this issue. I see even [@odusabimana](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/odusabimana) has the same concern