# Deleting Cases by deleting reassigned user

**URL:** <https://forum.dimagi.com/t/deleting-cases-by-deleting-reassigned-user/5842>\
**Category:** Users\
**Created:** [October 14, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/deleting-cases-by-deleting-reassigned-user/5842 "2018-10-14T16:39:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![zekarias](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/9d8465/32.png) [@zekarias](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/zekarias)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/deleting-cases-by-deleting-reassigned-user/5842/1 "2018-10-14T16:39:28Z")

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To delete a number of submitted cases: Is it ok to create a test user, reassign all cases to created test user, and delete the user?

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**Author:** ![Simon\_Kelly](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.dimagi.com/simon_kelly/32/494_2.png) [@Simon\_Kelly](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Simon_Kelly)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/deleting-cases-by-deleting-reassigned-user/5842/2 "2018-10-15T07:49:51Z")

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That is one of the options. Please see this post for more details: [How do I permanently delete cases? - #2 by Kishan\_Sampat](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/how-do-i-permanently-delete-cases/3058/2)