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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 09 April 2026 15:23 CDT
Hello Akeeba team,
One of your scheduled tasks is to delete inactive users. A very handy tool we use often. Can you improve and add an extra form field? I would like to select one or more user groups in a task. For example accounts of students can be removed after a year of not logging in.
For teacher accounts this should be 2 years.
We have a similar situation with accounts of employees and staff.
Is it possible to update the scheduled task with this feature?
With kind regards,
Robert
This sounds like a reasonable request.
My plan to implement this is to add an option to the scheduled task for selecting User Groups. If you don't select any (default) all inactive users are deleted regardless of their group membership – that's how it works today, therefore it does not introduce any backwards compatibility issues. When you select one or more user groups, only inactive accounts for users who belong in at least one of those user groups will be deleted.
If I understand correctly, that's exactly what you want.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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That sounds great Nicholas. It would help my situation and I think it makes the extension better.
Thank you for considering my idea.
Kind regards,
Robert
Here's the dev release: https://www.akeeba.com/download/admin-tools-professional/7-8-8-dev202604090637-rev66c01e87.html Can you install it and give it a go?
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Hi Nicholas,
I've tested the update and it works great.
Thank you for implementing this so fast.
Kind regards,
Robert
Awesome! Thank you for your suggestion and your feedback. It's much appreciated!
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!
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