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January 26, 2022

Technical Tip: How to Automatically Purge users that are disabled

  • January 26, 2022
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Description

This document explains how to Automatically Purge users that are disabled due to the following reasons:

 

Manually disabledLogin inactivityAccount expired, or Usage limit exceeded.

Scope FortiAuthenticator.
Solution

To Automatically Purge disabled users accounts:

 

Go to Authentication -> User Account Policies -> General 

Configure the following settings:

 

- Enable Automatically purge disabled user accounts.

 

Select the frequency of the purge in the Frequency field:

Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.

 

Enter the time of the purge in the Time field:

'Now' to set the time to the current time or select the clock icon to choose a time of day freely.

 

The time is best chosen as needed, but otherwise outside of business hours so the users will be unavailable the next day.

 

Also, set the reason for purging the users:

- Manually disabled.

- Login inactivity.

- Account expired.

- Usage limit exceeded.

 

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