# Delete a User
## Introduction to Exercise
If a user leaves your organization, you might want to delete their Google account. Data is purged within a matter of days. It's important to understand the different implications of suspending and deleting users, build a process for users leaving the company, and create a deletion policy that best suits your business needs.
However, be aware that there are [many other considerations](https://support.google.com/cloudidentity/answer/33314?hl=en&ref_topic=7559006) that should be handled before deleting an account; there may be many other types of data that could be lost without following proper steps.
### **Exercise Scenario**
After some time working in your Cloud Identity domain, you get another email from Lars Ericsson:
*Hey Admin,*
*That contractor I had working with me, Jon Baird, has finished up his project. Can you please delete his account from the system as he won't be working here anymore?*
*Regards,*
*Lars Ericsson*
### **Exercise Directions**
1\. [Sign into your Google Admin console](https://support.google.com/cloudidentity/answer/182076?hl=en&ref_topic=7557903) as the administrator user using **your administrator account name and password**.
2\. Click the **Users icon**.
3\. To delete Jon Baird, find his name on the user list, **click the check box to the right of his name,** **click the three-dot ellipsis in the right hand corner**, and **choose Delete** user in the drop-down menu.
**Note:** *Because the user is suspended first, if you restore a deleted user, the Admin console restores the user as a suspended user*.
4\. Return to the **user list** and confirm that Jon Baird is no longer listed. Search for the user in the **user search bar**. You should see the result: **There are no results to display.**