Account Management Event: 4726

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Account Management » Event ID 4726 - A user account was deleted

Event ID 4726 - A user account was deleted

Event ID 4726
Category Account management
Sub category User account management
Description A user account was deleted

When a user account is deleted in Active Directory, event ID 4726 gets logged.

This log data gives the following information:

Subject: User who performed the action Security ID
Account Name
Account Domain
Logon ID
Member: Deleted user account Security ID
Account Name 
Account Domain
Additional Information Privileges

Why event ID 4726 needs to be monitored?

  • Prevention of privilege abuse
  • Detection of potential malicious activity
  • Operational purposes like getting information on user activity like user attendance, peak logon times, etc.
  • Compliance mandates

Pro tip:

ADAudit Plus alerts and tracks User Lifecycle Changes like creation, deletion, and modification of user accounts in real-time which makes Active Directory auditing much easier.

Event 4726 applies to the following operating systems: 

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
  • Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10

Corresponding event ID for 4726 in Windows Server 2003 and older is 630

 

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