This module helps clean up user accounts in development or testing environments by resetting passwords and replacing email addresses with safe, dummy values. It excludes the main administrator account and provides a simple configuration for use.
Dev User Cleaner
is a Drupal utility module intended only for development and testing environments.
It allows administrators to sanitize user accounts by resetting passwords and/or replacing email addresses with safe, dummy values. This helps prevent accidental exposure of real user credentials when databases are shared, cloned, or used for demos.
Features
Reset user passwords to a default value
Replace user email addresses with dummy addresses
Excludes the super administrator account (UID 1)
Simple configuration form in the admin UI
Prominent warning message before execution
Installation
Download using composer
Enable the module
Admin UI: Extend/Dev User Cleaner
Drush
drush en dev_user_cleaner
Configuration & Usage
Navigate to the module configuration page (as defined in routing):
admin/config/people/dev-user-cleaner
Choose one or both of the following options:
Sanitize passwords
Sanitize emails
Click Sanitize Users to execute the operation.
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Depends on
Dependencies of the latest stable release
- user Drupal core
Required by
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Activity
Releases
| Version | Type | Core | PHP | Release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Stable | 10–11 | Dec 16, 2025 |