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How to restore accidently my removed account?


Hi, when trying the /removeme function, I removed my (currently logged-in) admin account... Stupid me!

Since I still see my user in the
bin/console user list all
Is there a way to recover/ undelete/ re-activate it?

!Friendica Support
Your account can be manually restored through database manipulation, but your node probably already issued contact removal messages to remote servers which means some of them might not honor your new posts.

Your best bet is to create a new account that you can give admin privileges through the config file.
By the way, I can't find your private message anymore so the user deletion message definitely propagated to my node.
Just to confirm: Yes, the /removeme was very fast and complete! As well, all my posts, messages, etc. were deleted. Fortunately, I only have a few weeks working with Friendica, thus I did not lose too much information.
This gives me trust in the #protection of data and #privacy on #friendica!
@Hypolite Petovan my question was about the phpmailer you maintain; I sorted it out. Sorry, if I lost any more messages/ contact requests etc.
My new (admin) user on México Pensante is robert_winkler@mexico-pensante.blog; I could not use my old nickname.
Just a reminder on Linux Superuser wisdom: "Think before you type!"