diff --git a/app/jobs/scheduled/purge_inactive.rb b/app/jobs/scheduled/purge_inactive.rb
index ee5e30a43b9..a6615f5fe25 100644
--- a/app/jobs/scheduled/purge_inactive.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/scheduled/purge_inactive.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Jobs
     every 1.day
 
     def execute(args)
-      User.purge_inactive
+      User.purge_unactivated
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 8a846ee2d95..7fc88a0b6fe 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -791,16 +791,12 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
-  # Delete inactive accounts that are over a week old
-  def self.purge_inactive
+  # Delete unactivated accounts (without verified email) that are over a week old
+  def self.purge_unactivated
 
-    # You might be wondering why this query matches on post_count = 0. The reason
-    # is a long time ago we had a bug where users could post before being activated
-    # and some sites still have those records which can't be purged.
     to_destroy = User.where(active: false)
                      .joins('INNER JOIN user_stats AS us ON us.user_id = users.id')
-                     .where("created_at < ?", SiteSetting.purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days.days.ago)
-                     .where('us.post_count = 0')
+                     .where("created_at < ?", SiteSetting.purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days.days.ago)
                      .where('NOT admin AND NOT moderator')
                      .limit(100)
 
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 233d0a07398..be11d2e8f27 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ en:
     clean_up_uploads: "Remove orphan unreferenced uploads to prevent illegal hosting. WARNING: you may want to back up of your /uploads directory before enabling this setting."
     clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: "Grace period (in hours) before an orphan upload is removed."
     purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days: "Grace period (in days) before a deleted upload is erased."
-    purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: "Grace period (in days) before a user who has not activated their account is deleted."
+    purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: "Grace period (in days) before a user who has not activated their account is deleted."
     enable_s3_uploads: "Place uploads on Amazon S3 storage. IMPORTANT: requires valid S3 credentials (both access key id & secret access key)."
     s3_use_iam_profile: 'Use AWS EC2 IAM role to retrieve keys. NOTE: enabling will override "s3 access key id" and "s3 secret access key" settings.'
     s3_upload_bucket: "The Amazon S3 bucket name that files will be uploaded into. WARNING: must be lowercase, no periods, no underscores."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.es.yml b/config/locales/server.es.yml
index 44121790b54..d2ff1c237f4 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.es.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.es.yml
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ es:
     clean_up_uploads: "Eliminar subidas huérfanas sin referencia para prevenir hosting ilegal. AVISO: antes de habilitar esta opción quizá quieres hacer un backup de tu directorio de /uploads"
     clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: "Período de gracia (en horas) antes de que una subida huérfana sea eliminada."
     purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days: "Período de gracia (en días) antes de que una subida eliminada sea borrada totalmente."
-    purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: "Periodo de gracia (en días) durante los cuales un usuario que no haya activado su cuenta no será aún eliminado."
+    purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: "Periodo de gracia (en días) durante los cuales un usuario que no haya activado su cuenta no será aún eliminado."
     enable_s3_uploads: "Coloca los archivos subidos en el almacén Amazon S3. IMPORTANTE: requiere de credenciales de S3 validas. (ambas clave de acceso y clave de acceso secreta)."
     s3_use_iam_profile: 'Usar el rol de AWS EC2 IAM para descargar las llaves. NOTA: habilitando esta opción ignorará la "llave de acceso s3" y "la llave de acceso secreta s3".'
     s3_upload_bucket: "El nombre del bucket Amazon S3 donde se subirán los archivos. AVISO: debe ser en minúsculas, sin puntos ni guiones bajos."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.fi.yml b/config/locales/server.fi.yml
index d6035432783..7192c3c767f 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.fi.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.fi.yml
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ fi:
     clean_up_uploads: "Poista orpoutuneet liitetiedostot, joita ei käytetä viesteissä, laittoman hostauksen estämiseksi. VAROITUS: kannattaa varmuuskopioida /uploads kansio ennen tämän asetuksen ottamista käyttöön."
     clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: "Varoaika (tunteina) kunnes orpoutuneet liitetiedostot poistetaan"
     purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days: "Varoaika (päivinä) kunnes poistettu liitetiedosto tuhotaan."
-    purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: "Varoaika (päivinä) kunnes aktivoimaton käyttäjätili tuhotaan."
+    purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: "Varoaika (päivinä) kunnes aktivoimaton käyttäjätili tuhotaan."
     enable_s3_uploads: "Lataa liitetiedostot Amazon S3:een. Tärkeää: edellyttää toimivat S3 kirjautumistiedot (access key id ja secret access key)."
     s3_use_iam_profile: 'Käytä AWS EC2 IAM roolia avainten hakuun. HUOM: käyttöönotto korvaa "s3 access key id" ja "s3 secret access key" asetukset.'
     s3_access_key_id: "Amazon S3 access key id, jota käytetään kuvien sijoittamisessa."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.fr.yml b/config/locales/server.fr.yml
index 25928ab0696..96256d502d9 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.fr.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.fr.yml
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ fr:
     clean_up_uploads: "Retirer les fichiers téléchargés orphelins pour prévenir les hébergements illégaux. ATTENTION: vous devriez faire une sauvegarde de votre répertoire /uploads avant d'activer ce paramètre."
     clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: "La période de grâce (en heures) avant qu'un fichier envoyé orphelin soit retiré."
     purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days: "La période de grâce (en jours) avant qu'un fichier envoyé et supprimé soit effacé."
-    purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: "Période de grâce (en jours) avant qu'un utilisateur qui n'a pas activé son compte soit supprimé."
+    purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: "Période de grâce (en jours) avant qu'un utilisateur qui n'a pas activé son compte soit supprimé."
     enable_s3_uploads: "Placez les fichiers envoyés sur un stockage Amazon S3. IMPORTANT: nécessite un accès valide à S3  (l'identifiant et la clé secrète)."
     s3_use_iam_profile: 'Utiliser un role AWS EC2 IAM pour la récupération des clés. NOTE: si activé, surcharge les paramètres "s3 access key id" et "s3 secret access key".'
     s3_upload_bucket: "Le nom du bucket Amazon S3 qui contiendra les fichiers téléchargés. ATTENTION : doit être en minuscule, sans points et sans caractères de soulignement."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.he.yml b/config/locales/server.he.yml
index bd08cd13788..0c870d55860 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.he.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.he.yml
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ he:
     clean_up_uploads: "הסירו העלאות יתומות וללא הפניה כדי למנוע אירוח בלתי חוקי של חומר. אזהרה: אתם עלולי לרצות לגבות את תיקיית ה-/uploads שלכם לפנו שתאפשרו הגדרה זו."
     clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: "Grace period (in hours) before an orphan upload is removed."
     purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days: "Grace period (in days) before a deleted upload is erased."
-    purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: "תקופת המתנה (בימים) לפני שמשתמש שלא הפעיל את החשבון שלו יימחק."
+    purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: "תקופת המתנה (בימים) לפני שמשתמש שלא הפעיל את החשבון שלו יימחק."
     enable_s3_uploads: "אחסן העלאות (uploads) על תשתית של Amazon S3. חשוב: מצריך מפתח גישה + מפתח גישה סודי שיהיו חוקיים."
     s3_use_iam_profile: 'השתמש ב-AWS EC2 IAM role על מנת לאחזר מפתחות. שימו לב: איפשור של זה ידרוס את ההגדרות "S3 access key id" וכן את "s3 secret access key".'
     s3_access_key_id: "מפתח הגישה (access key id) של Amazon S3 שישמש להעלאת התמונות."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.ko.yml b/config/locales/server.ko.yml
index 01a1c6b9c6e..56edfb3e295 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.ko.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.ko.yml
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ ko:
     clean_up_uploads: "불법 호스팅을 막기 위해서 참조되지 않은 업로드 파일은 제거한다. 주의 : 이 설정을 활성화 하기 전에 `/uploads` 디렉토리를 백업하는 것이 좋다."
     clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: "참조되지 않은 업로드 파일을 제거하기 전 기간(시간)"
     purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days: "참조되지 않은 업로드 파일을 완전 삭제하지 전 기간(일)"
-    purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: "활성화 되지 않은 사용자를 삭제하기 까지의 기간(일)"
+    purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: "활성화 되지 않은 사용자를 삭제하기 까지의 기간(일)"
     s3_access_key_id: "이미지를 업로드 할 때 사용할 Amazon S3의 access key id"
     s3_secret_access_key: "이미지를 업로드 할 때 사용할 Amazon S3의 secret access key"
     s3_region: "이미지를 업로드 할 때 사용할 Amazon S3 region"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.pt_BR.yml b/config/locales/server.pt_BR.yml
index f7d4538dc22..49e29d31d68 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.pt_BR.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.pt_BR.yml
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ pt_BR:
     clean_up_uploads: "Remover envios sem referência para evitar hospedagem ilegal. AVISO: você pode querer fazer um backup do seu diretório de /uploads antes de habilitar essa configuração."
     clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: "Carência (em horas) antes de um upload órfão ser removido."
     purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days: "Carência (em dias) antes que um upload excluído seja apagado."
-    purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: "Carência (em dias) antes de um usuário que não tenha ativado sua conta seja deletado."
+    purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: "Carência (em dias) antes de um usuário que não tenha ativado sua conta seja deletado."
     min_trust_to_create_topic: "O nível de confiança mínimo necessário para criar um novo tópico."
     min_trust_to_edit_wiki_post: "O nível de confiança mínimo necessário para editar uma postagem marcada como wiki."
     title_fancy_entities: "Converter caracteres ASCII comuns em entidades HTML nos títulos dos tópicos, ala SmartyPants http://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.sq.yml b/config/locales/server.sq.yml
index 9418e3cccd8..d1e69b1e1de 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.sq.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.sq.yml
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ sq:
     clean_up_uploads: "Remove orphan unreferenced uploads to prevent illegal hosting. WARNING: you may want to back up of your /uploads directory before enabling this setting."
     clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: "Grace period (in hours) before an orphan upload is removed."
     purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days: "Grace period (in days) before a deleted upload is erased."
-    purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: "Grace period (in days) before a user who has not activated their account is deleted."
+    purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: "Grace period (in days) before a user who has not activated their account is deleted."
     enable_s3_uploads: "Place uploads on Amazon S3 storage. IMPORTANT: requires valid S3 credentials (both access key id & secret access key)."
     s3_use_iam_profile: 'Use AWS EC2 IAM role to retrieve keys. NOTE: enabling will override "s3 access key id" and "s3 secret access key" settings.'
     s3_upload_bucket: "The Amazon S3 bucket name that files will be uploaded into. WARNING: must be lowercase, no periods, no underscores."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml b/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
index 237fae728df..6a04252c2f3 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ zh_CN:
     clean_up_uploads: "移除孤立的已上传资料。警告：您可能想要在启用这个设定前备份一下 /uploads 目录。"
     clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: "删除孤立上传资料的宽限期（单位：小时）"
     purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days: "移除已删除的孤立上传资料的宽限期（单位：小时）"
-    purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: "删除不活跃用户账户的宽限期（单位：天）。"
+    purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: "删除不活跃用户账户的宽限期（单位：天）。"
     enable_s3_uploads: "上传至 Amazon S3 存储的地址。重要：需要有效的 S3 验证资料（包括 access key id & secret access key）。"
     s3_use_iam_profile: '使用 AWS EC2 IAM 角色来获得 key。注意：启用这个会覆盖“S3 access key id”和“S3 secret access key” 设置。'
     s3_upload_bucket: "上传文件保存于 Amazon S3 的 bucket 名字。警告：必须为小写，无句点，无下划线。"
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index c076ba42549..97bf9a60afa 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ users:
     default: false
   email_token_valid_hours: 24
   email_token_grace_period_hours: 0
-  purge_inactive_users_grace_period_days: 7
+  purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days: 7
   public_user_custom_fields:
     type: list
     default: ''
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index d2d1d79afe3..ce009f1cb53 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1155,13 +1155,13 @@ describe User do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#purge_inactive" do
+  describe "#purge_unactivated" do
     let!(:user) { Fabricate(:user) }
     let!(:inactive) { Fabricate(:user, active: false) }
     let!(:inactive_old) { Fabricate(:user, active: false, created_at: 1.month.ago) }
 
-    it 'should only remove old, inactive users' do
-      User.purge_inactive
+    it 'should only remove old, unactivated users' do
+      User.purge_unactivated
       all_users = User.all
       all_users.include?(user).should == true
       all_users.include?(inactive).should == true