How to delete ghost user on Gitlab?

Question

I just remove one user and it appears a ghost user, is it possible to remove ghost user?

I read that a ghost user represents all deleted users. Issues and comments created by any deleted user will be transferred to the ghost user.

But is it not possible to remove it?

Answer 1

I've had a similar problem when playing with gitlab+ldap installation and removing test users, so here is how I removed the Ghost User eventually.

First check whether everything is ok with GitLab (optional step):

sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check

Execute GitLab console:

sudo gitlab-rails console

Using the console find the the id of the ghost user and delete it:

user = User.find_by(username: "ghost")
User.delete(user.id)

If the user is removed then output would be 1, if 0 then user is not removed.