Delete Account
 
Purpose 
Deletes the specified account.
See also 
Creating and editing accounts
Creating scripts to automate tasks
Format 
Delete Account [Account Name: <account name>]
Options 
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Account Name allows you to specify the name of the existing FileMaker Pro account to be deleted.
Compatibility 
 
Where the script step runs 
Supported 
FileMaker Pro 
Yes 
FileMaker Server scheduled script 
Yes 
FileMaker Go 
Yes 
Custom Web Publishing 
Yes 
FileMaker WebDirect 
Yes 
Runtime solution 
Yes 
Originated in 
FileMaker Pro 7.0
Description 
 •
You must specify an existing account.
 •
You must be assigned the Full Access privilege set to perform this script step. To enable users with less than full access privileges to perform this script step, right-click the current script in the script pane and choose Grant Full Access Privileges.
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You cannot use this script step to delete an account that has full access privileges.
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This script step deletes an account without displaying a dialog box.
Example 1 
Deletes the Sales account.
Delete Account [Account Name: "Sales"]
Example 2 
Deletes the current account if it has full access privileges.
If [Get ( AccountPrivilegeSetName ) = "[Full Access]"]
Delete Account [Account Name: Get ( AccountName )]
Re-Login [ ]
Else
Show Custom Dialog ["You do not have enough privileges to delete an account."]
End If
Related topics 
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Script steps reference (category list)
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