diff --git a/web/src/locales/de.ts b/web/src/locales/de.ts
index 3ada0e7..5ec180b 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/de.ts
+++ b/web/src/locales/de.ts
@@ -1754,6 +1754,9 @@ export const catalog: Catalog = {
     // ── Spam filter: the language model's opinion (inbuxa) ──────────
     "Language model's opinion": "Einschätzung des Sprachmodells",
     "One of several signals the spam filter weighed": "Eines von mehreren Signalen, die der Spamfilter berücksichtigt hat",
+    // inbuxa: deleting a person is the console's (audit-hold-lock spec)
+    "Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.": "Löschen, Sperren und rechtliche Aufbewahrungspflichten werden in der Verwaltungskonsole erledigt, die den Grund festhält und bewahrt, was eine Aufbewahrungspflicht umfasst.",
+    "Open in the console": "In der Konsole öffnen",
     // inbuxa AL-7, AL-8: a locked account handed to the reader
     "You no longer have access to {name}. Back to your own mail.": "Sie haben keinen Zugriff mehr auf {name}. Zurück zu Ihren eigenen E-Mails.",
     "You can't send from {name}. It was handed to you to read, not to send as.": "Sie können nicht als {name} senden. Das Konto wurde Ihnen zum Lesen übergeben, nicht zum Senden.",
diff --git a/web/src/locales/es.ts b/web/src/locales/es.ts
index 19b32ce..96da847 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/es.ts
+++ b/web/src/locales/es.ts
@@ -1727,6 +1727,9 @@ export const catalog: Catalog = {
     // ── Spam filter: the language model's opinion (inbuxa) ──────────
     "Language model's opinion": "Opinión del modelo de lenguaje",
     "One of several signals the spam filter weighed": "Una de varias señales que el filtro de spam ha tenido en cuenta",
+    // inbuxa: deleting a person is the console's (audit-hold-lock spec)
+    "Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.": "Eliminar, bloquear y las retenciones legales se gestionan en la consola de administración, que registra el motivo y conserva lo que cubre una retención.",
+    "Open in the console": "Abrir en la consola",
     // inbuxa AL-7, AL-8: a locked account handed to the reader
     "You no longer have access to {name}. Back to your own mail.": "Ya no tiene acceso a {name}. Vuelve a su propio correo.",
     "You can't send from {name}. It was handed to you to read, not to send as.": "No puede enviar desde {name}. Se le entregó para leerla, no para enviar en su nombre.",
diff --git a/web/src/locales/fr.ts b/web/src/locales/fr.ts
index 3a37a94..bebce11 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/fr.ts
+++ b/web/src/locales/fr.ts
@@ -1732,6 +1732,9 @@ export const catalog: Catalog = {
     // ── Spam filter: the language model's opinion (inbuxa) ──────────
     "Language model's opinion": "Avis du modèle de langage",
     "One of several signals the spam filter weighed": "Un signal parmi d'autres pris en compte par le filtre antispam",
+    // inbuxa: deleting a person is the console's (audit-hold-lock spec)
+    "Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.": "La suppression, le verrouillage et les conservations légales se font dans la console d’administration, qui enregistre le motif et conserve ce qu’une conservation couvre.",
+    "Open in the console": "Ouvrir dans la console",
     // inbuxa AL-7, AL-8: a locked account handed to the reader
     "You no longer have access to {name}. Back to your own mail.": "Vous n’avez plus accès à {name}. Retour à votre propre courrier.",
     "You can't send from {name}. It was handed to you to read, not to send as.": "Vous ne pouvez pas envoyer depuis {name}. Ce compte vous a été confié pour le lire, pas pour envoyer en son nom.",
diff --git a/web/src/locales/ja.ts b/web/src/locales/ja.ts
index 517af6d..837347b 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/ja.ts
+++ b/web/src/locales/ja.ts
@@ -1735,6 +1735,9 @@ export const catalog: Catalog = {
     // ── Spam filter: the language model's opinion (inbuxa) ──────────
     "Language model's opinion": "言語モデルの見解",
     "One of several signals the spam filter weighed": "迷惑メールフィルターが考慮した複数の判断材料のひとつ",
+    // inbuxa: deleting a person is the console's (audit-hold-lock spec)
+    "Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.": "削除、ロック、訴訟ホールドは管理コンソールで行います。コンソールでは理由が記録され、ホールドの対象は保持されます。",
+    "Open in the console": "コンソールで開く",
     // inbuxa AL-7, AL-8: a locked account handed to the reader
     "You no longer have access to {name}. Back to your own mail.": "{name} にアクセスできなくなりました。自分のメールに戻ります。",
     "You can't send from {name}. It was handed to you to read, not to send as.": "{name} から送信することはできません。このアカウントは閲覧のために委任されています。",
diff --git a/web/src/locales/nl.ts b/web/src/locales/nl.ts
index 789f5b4..79645a8 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/nl.ts
+++ b/web/src/locales/nl.ts
@@ -1727,6 +1727,9 @@ export const catalog: Catalog = {
     // ── Spam filter: the language model's opinion (inbuxa) ──────────
     "Language model's opinion": "Oordeel van het taalmodel",
     "One of several signals the spam filter weighed": "Een van meerdere signalen die het spamfilter heeft meegewogen",
+    // inbuxa: deleting a person is the console's (audit-hold-lock spec)
+    "Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.": "Verwijderen, vergrendelen en juridische bewaarplichten gebeuren in de beheerconsole, die de reden vastlegt en bewaart wat onder een bewaarplicht valt.",
+    "Open in the console": "Openen in de console",
     // inbuxa AL-7, AL-8: a locked account handed to the reader
     "You no longer have access to {name}. Back to your own mail.": "U hebt geen toegang meer tot {name}. Terug naar uw eigen mail.",
     "You can't send from {name}. It was handed to you to read, not to send as.": "U kunt niet verzenden vanuit {name}. Het account is u gegeven om te lezen, niet om namens te verzenden.",
diff --git a/web/src/locales/pt-BR.ts b/web/src/locales/pt-BR.ts
index c396e48..5308219 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/pt-BR.ts
+++ b/web/src/locales/pt-BR.ts
@@ -1730,6 +1730,9 @@ export const catalog: Catalog = {
     // ── Spam filter: the language model's opinion (inbuxa) ──────────
     "Language model's opinion": "Opinião do modelo de linguagem",
     "One of several signals the spam filter weighed": "Um dos vários sinais considerados pelo filtro de spam",
+    // inbuxa: deleting a person is the console's (audit-hold-lock spec)
+    "Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.": "Excluir, bloquear e retenções legais são feitos no console de administração, que registra o motivo e preserva o que uma retenção abrange.",
+    "Open in the console": "Abrir no console",
     // inbuxa AL-7, AL-8: a locked account handed to the reader
     "You no longer have access to {name}. Back to your own mail.": "Você não tem mais acesso a {name}. De volta ao seu próprio e-mail.",
     "You can't send from {name}. It was handed to you to read, not to send as.": "Você não pode enviar de {name}. A conta foi entregue a você para leitura, não para enviar em nome dela.",
diff --git a/web/src/locales/ru.ts b/web/src/locales/ru.ts
index f4bbc00..fda1c8a 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/ru.ts
+++ b/web/src/locales/ru.ts
@@ -1729,6 +1729,9 @@ export const catalog: Catalog = {
     // ── Spam filter: the language model's opinion (inbuxa) ──────────
     "Language model's opinion": "Мнение языковой модели",
     "One of several signals the spam filter weighed": "Один из нескольких признаков, которые учёл спам-фильтр",
+    // inbuxa: deleting a person is the console's (audit-hold-lock spec)
+    "Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.": "Удаление, блокировка и юридическое удержание выполняются в консоли администрирования: она записывает причину и сохраняет всё, что охватывает удержание.",
+    "Open in the console": "Открыть в консоли",
     // inbuxa AL-7, AL-8: a locked account handed to the reader
     "You no longer have access to {name}. Back to your own mail.": "У вас больше нет доступа к {name}. Возвращаемся к вашей почте.",
     "You can't send from {name}. It was handed to you to read, not to send as.": "Вы не можете отправлять письма от имени {name}. Учётная запись передана вам для чтения, а не для отправки.",
diff --git a/web/src/locales/uk.ts b/web/src/locales/uk.ts
index e1b615c..0e30882 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/uk.ts
+++ b/web/src/locales/uk.ts
@@ -1723,6 +1723,9 @@ export const catalog: Catalog = {
     // ── Spam filter: the language model's opinion (inbuxa) ──────────
     "Language model's opinion": "Думка мовної моделі",
     "One of several signals the spam filter weighed": "Одна з кількох ознак, які врахував спам-фільтр",
+    // inbuxa: deleting a person is the console's (audit-hold-lock spec)
+    "Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.": "Видалення, блокування та юридичне утримання виконуються в консолі адміністрування: вона записує причину й зберігає все, що охоплює утримання.",
+    "Open in the console": "Відкрити в консолі",
     // inbuxa AL-7, AL-8: a locked account handed to the reader
     "You no longer have access to {name}. Back to your own mail.": "У вас більше немає доступу до {name}. Повертаємося до вашої пошти.",
     "You can't send from {name}. It was handed to you to read, not to send as.": "Ви не можете надсилати листи від імені {name}. Обліковий запис передано вам для читання, а не для надсилання.",
diff --git a/web/src/locales/zh-Hans.ts b/web/src/locales/zh-Hans.ts
index 85aada8..8ca8a54 100644
--- a/web/src/locales/zh-Hans.ts
+++ b/web/src/locales/zh-Hans.ts
@@ -1734,6 +1734,9 @@ export const catalog: Catalog = {
     // ── Spam filter: the language model's opinion (inbuxa) ──────────
     "Language model's opinion": "语言模型的判断",
     "One of several signals the spam filter weighed": "垃圾邮件过滤考虑的多个信号之一",
+    // inbuxa: deleting a person is the console's (audit-hold-lock spec)
+    "Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.": "删除、锁定和法律保留均在管理控制台中进行，控制台会记录原因，并保留保留范围内的内容。",
+    "Open in the console": "在控制台中打开",
     // inbuxa AL-7, AL-8: a locked account handed to the reader
     "You no longer have access to {name}. Back to your own mail.": "您已无法访问 {name}。已返回您自己的邮件。",
     "You can't send from {name}. It was handed to you to read, not to send as.": "您不能从 {name} 发送邮件。该账户交给您是为了阅读，而不是代其发送。",
diff --git a/web/src/views/admin/AccountSheet.tsx b/web/src/views/admin/AccountSheet.tsx
index 8cdb3fb..6a04173 100644
--- a/web/src/views/admin/AccountSheet.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/admin/AccountSheet.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
-import { Copy, Dices, KeyRound, Lock, Plus, Trash2, X } from "lucide-react";
+import { Copy, Dices, ExternalLink, KeyRound, Lock, Plus, X } from "lucide-react";
 import {
   ADMIN_BASELINE,
   can,
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   aliasList,
   createAccount,
   describeDirectoryError,
-  destroyAccount,
   hasPassword,
   passwordPatch,
   quotasWithDisk,
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ import { formatSize } from "@/lib/format";
 import { t, tNode } from "@/lib/i18n";
 import { Link } from "wouter";
 import { Avatar } from "@/ui/misc";
-import { Dialog } from "@/ui/dialog";
+import { useSession } from "@/store/session";
 import { toast } from "@/ui/toast";
 import { isSelf, roleName, type DirectoryContext } from "./directoryContext";
 import { usePermissions } from "./usePermissions";
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ interface Props {
   onClose: () => void;
   onChanged: () => void;
   onCreated: (id: string) => void;
-  onDeleted: () => void;
 }
 
 /** A role as one select value: "User", "Admin", or "custom:<ids>". */
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ const bytesOf = (gib: string) => {
  * a password and a delete are their own calls, because each is a decision of
  * its own and should never ride along with a renamed display name.
  */
-export function AccountSheet({ account, ctx, onClose, onChanged, onCreated, onDeleted }: Props) {
+export function AccountSheet({ account, ctx, onClose, onChanged, onCreated }: Props) {
   const perms = usePermissions();
   const creating = account === null;
   const self = account ? isSelf(account, ctx) : false;
@@ -288,9 +286,7 @@ export function AccountSheet({ account, ctx, onClose, onChanged, onCreated, onDe
 
         {error && <p className="admin-notice error" role="alert">{error}</p>}
 
-        {!creating && can(perms, "Account", "Destroy") && (
-          <DeleteAccount account={account} blocked={self ? t("You can't delete the account you're signed in with.") : locked ? t("This account has permissions yours doesn't.") : null} onDeleted={onDeleted} />
-        )}
+        {!creating && can(perms, "Account", "Destroy") && <DeleteInConsole accountId={account.id} />}
       </div>
 
       {editable && (
@@ -433,59 +429,24 @@ export function Aliases({ aliases, setAliases, editable, domains, defaultDomain,
   );
 }
 
-function DeleteAccount({ account, blocked, onDeleted }: { account: DirectoryAccount; blocked: string | null; onDeleted: () => void }) {
-  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [typed, setTyped] = useState("");
-  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const address = account.emailAddress ?? account.name;
+/**
+ * inbuxa: deleting a person's account is the console's, beside locking it
+ * and legal holds: it asks why, for the audit log, and says when a hold
+ * keeps the data. Only the pointer is here.
+ */
+function DeleteInConsole({ accountId }: { accountId: string }) {
+  const adminUrl = useSession((s) => s.session?.ihasmail?.server?.adminUrl ?? null);
   return (
     <>
       <h3>{t("Delete")}</h3>
       <div className="admin-danger">
-        <p>{blocked ?? t("Deletes the mailbox and everything in it.")}</p>
-        <button className="btn btn-sm admin-danger-btn" disabled={!!blocked} onClick={() => { setTyped(""); setError(null); setOpen(true); }}>
-          <Trash2 size={14} /> {t("Delete account…")}
-        </button>
+        <p>{t("Deleting, locking and legal holds are done in the administration console, which records why and keeps what a hold covers.")}</p>
+        {adminUrl && (
+          <a className="btn btn-sm" href={`${adminUrl.replace(/\/$/, "")}/Management/x:Account/User/${accountId}`} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+            <ExternalLink size={14} /> {t("Open in the console")}
+          </a>
+        )}
       </div>
-      <Dialog
-        open={open}
-        onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
-        title={t("Delete {address}?", { address })}
-        size="sm"
-        footer={
-          <>
-            <button className="btn" onClick={() => setOpen(false)}>{t("Cancel")}</button>
-            <button
-              className="btn btn-danger"
-              disabled={busy || typed.trim().toLowerCase() !== address.toLowerCase()}
-              onClick={async () => {
-                setBusy(true);
-                setError(null);
-                try {
-                  await destroyAccount(account.id);
-                  toast.success(t("Deleted {address}", { address }));
-                  setOpen(false);
-                  onDeleted();
-                } catch (err) {
-                  setError(describeDirectoryError(err));
-                } finally {
-                  setBusy(false);
-                }
-              }}
-            >
-              {t("Delete account")}
-            </button>
-          </>
-        }
-      >
-        <p style={{ marginTop: 0 }}>{t("This deletes the mail, calendars, contacts and files in this account. The server removes them in the background, and it can't be undone.")}</p>
-        <div className="field">
-          <label htmlFor="admin-delete-confirm">{t("Type {address} to confirm", { address })}</label>
-          <input id="admin-delete-confirm" className="input notranslate" translate="no" value={typed} autoComplete="off" spellCheck={false} onChange={(e) => setTyped(e.target.value)} />
-        </div>
-        {error && <p className="admin-notice error" role="alert">{error}</p>}
-      </Dialog>
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/web/src/views/admin/AccountsAdmin.tsx b/web/src/views/admin/AccountsAdmin.tsx
index ebb3661..297d842 100644
--- a/web/src/views/admin/AccountsAdmin.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/admin/AccountsAdmin.tsx
@@ -217,10 +217,6 @@ export function AccountsAdmin({ selectedId }: { selectedId?: string }) {
             changed();
             navigate(`/admin/accounts/${id}`);
           }}
-          onDeleted={() => {
-            changed();
-            close();
-          }}
         />
       )}
     </div>
diff --git a/web/src/views/admin/__tests__/account-sheet.test.tsx b/web/src/views/admin/__tests__/account-sheet.test.tsx
index 5b304bb..baf4e51 100644
--- a/web/src/views/admin/__tests__/account-sheet.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/views/admin/__tests__/account-sheet.test.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe("the account sheet", () => {
     await act(async () => {
       root.render(
         <Router hook={hook}>
-          <AccountSheet account={a} ctx={ctx} onClose={() => {}} onChanged={() => {}} onCreated={() => {}} onDeleted={() => {}} />
+          <AccountSheet account={a} ctx={ctx} onClose={() => {}} onChanged={() => {}} onCreated={() => {}} />
         </Router>,
       );
     });
@@ -89,7 +89,20 @@ describe("the account sheet", () => {
     expect(host.querySelector('a[href="/settings/security"]')).not.toBeNull();
     expect(button(host, "Set a new password")).toBeUndefined();
     expect((host.querySelector('select[aria-label="Role"]') as HTMLSelectElement).disabled).toBe(true);
-    expect(button(host, "Delete account")?.disabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(host.textContent).not.toContain("Delete account");
+    expect(host.textContent).toContain("administration console");
+  });
+
+  it("sends deleting a person to the console, opened on that account (inbuxa)", async () => {
+    signIn([...HELPDESK, "sysAccountDestroy"]);
+    const s = useSession.getState().session!;
+    useSession.setState({
+      session: { ...s, ihasmail: { ...s.ihasmail, server: { ...(s.ihasmail?.server ?? {}), adminUrl: "https://admin.example.com/" } } } as never,
+    });
+    await render(account({ id: "k7" }));
+    expect(host.textContent).not.toContain("Delete account");
+    const link = host.querySelector('a[href="https://admin.example.com/Management/x:Account/User/k7"]');
+    expect(link?.textContent).toContain("Open in the console");
   });
 });
 
@@ -108,7 +121,7 @@ describe("an account's tenant", () => {
   const render = async (a: DirectoryAccount) => {
     const { hook } = memoryLocation({ path: `/admin/accounts/${a.id}` });
     await act(async () => {
-      root.render(<Router hook={hook}><AccountSheet account={a} ctx={tenantCtx} onClose={() => {}} onChanged={() => {}} onCreated={() => {}} onDeleted={() => {}} /></Router>);
+      root.render(<Router hook={hook}><AccountSheet account={a} ctx={tenantCtx} onClose={() => {}} onChanged={() => {}} onCreated={() => {}} /></Router>);
     });
   };
   beforeEach(() => {