# Multiple user accounts issue in Gitea

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/multiple-user-accounts-issue-in-gitea/11499>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 9, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/multiple-user-accounts-issue-in-gitea/11499 "2025-07-09T11:01:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Gitea2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gitea2](https://forum.gitea.com/u/Gitea2)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/multiple-user-accounts-issue-in-gitea/11499/1 "2025-07-09T11:01:39Z")

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Suddenly, we discovered many user accounts in our Gitea. How did this happen? What steps should I take?

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**Author:** ![Gitea2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gitea2](https://forum.gitea.com/u/Gitea2)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/multiple-user-accounts-issue-in-gitea/11499/2 "2025-07-10T14:47:48Z")

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Suddenly, we discovered many user accounts in our Gitea. How did this happen? What steps should I take?

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**Author:** ![forgiteasoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@forgiteasoup](https://forum.gitea.com/u/forgiteasoup)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/multiple-user-accounts-issue-in-gitea/11499/3 "2025-07-10T17:02:12Z")

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Is the instance public? Is registration open? I would disable registration.

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**Author:** ![Gitea2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gitea2](https://forum.gitea.com/u/Gitea2)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/multiple-user-accounts-issue-in-gitea/11499/4 "2025-07-18T08:08:21Z")

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Yes i have disabled registration. Still some unwanted repositories are there. how can delete those unwanted repositories in one go? why is being created?

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**Author:** ![forgiteasoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@forgiteasoup](https://forum.gitea.com/u/forgiteasoup)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/multiple-user-accounts-issue-in-gitea/11499/5 "2025-07-18T12:34:33Z")

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I would assume someone registered and created them. You’d have to consult the logs.

Otherwise to delete those I would use the API and design some script.

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**Author:** ![Gitea2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gitea2](https://forum.gitea.com/u/Gitea2)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/multiple-user-accounts-issue-in-gitea/11499/6 "2025-07-18T14:12:32Z")

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How can I delete it through GUI in one go?

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**Author:** ![forgiteasoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@forgiteasoup](https://forum.gitea.com/u/forgiteasoup)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/multiple-user-accounts-issue-in-gitea/11499/7 "2025-12-09T14:51:24Z")

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I don’t know if gitea supports deleting accounts en masse through the GUI.