# Is there a way to remove access to an application (immediately) without deleting their row in the Users table? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [August 20, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936 "2025-08-20T17:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dezwatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dezwatz/32/77903_2.png) [@dezwatz](https://community.glideapps.com/u/dezwatz)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/1 "2025-08-20T17:26:58Z")
In case of an employee for example where they have information you want to retain from their profile, but you don’t want them to have access anymore because they are terminated. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/2 "2025-08-20T17:46:54Z")
You could at least change the email address to something that would never exist or type in a bunch of random characters. I think that should be enough to immediately boot a user if you are whitelisting you users. Just note, that something like the email address in the user profile can only be changed via API or directly in the builder. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyRick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/grumpyrick/32/18079_2.png) [@GrumpyRick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/GrumpyRick)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/3 "2025-08-20T18:48:48Z")
You can create a column for “Active” as a bolean. Then change the accessibility to the app to only those that have Active checked. Or you can create a table for previous employees and move their contents to that table. Information still available, but they can no longer log in. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/4 "2025-08-20T19:14:41Z")
> [@GrumpyRick](#): > > You can create a column for “Active” as a bolean. Then change the accessibility to the app to only those that have Active checked. I don’t know if this method would be secure. If a user is still signed in but inactive, they might still be able to access the underlying data because visibility is not a security feature. > [@GrumpyRick](#): > > Or you can create a table for previous employees and move their contents to that table. Information still available, but they can no longer log in. This would be viable though as the user row would be taken out of the user table, which would immediately sign them out. ---
**Author:** ![M\_T\_Amjad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/m_t_amjad/32/530_2.png) [@M\_T\_Amjad](https://community.glideapps.com/u/M_T_Amjad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/5 "2025-08-20T19:46:42Z")
That is an excellent question, there should be a solution for this! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/6 "2025-08-20T19:56:29Z")
Another solution which might be better is to maintain a separate whitelist table with only email addresses. That table would be separate from the user table. You can remove the user from the whitelist table without interfering with the user table and it should still sign them out immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/7 "2025-08-21T00:46:16Z")
This is what I do. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/8 "2025-08-21T01:32:27Z")
Same, this is what I do in some apps. ---
**Author:** ![dezwatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dezwatz/32/77903_2.png) [@dezwatz](https://community.glideapps.com/u/dezwatz)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/9 "2025-08-21T12:37:58Z")
I’m doing a variation of the second suggestion. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-access-to-an-application-immediately-without-deleting-their-row-in-the-users-table/83936/10 "2025-08-28T12:38:28Z")
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