diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4649a7c28..c63e5927f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This repository holds configuration for the Hel.fi platform.
 - [Update instructions (2.x to 3.x)](documentation/update.md)
 - [Two-factor authentication/TFA/MFA](/modules/helfi_tfa/README.md)
 - [JSON:API remote entities](/modules/helfi_etusivu_entities/README.md)
+- [Users](/modules/helfi_users/README.md)
 
 ## Contact
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5305be1e3..f2868651e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
         "drupal/ctools": "<3.11 || ^4.0.1",
         "drupal/gin_toolbar": ">1.0.0-rc6",
         "drupal/helfi_media_map": "*",
+        "drupal/default_content": ">2.0.0-alpha2",
         "drush/drush": "<12"
     },
     "extra": {
diff --git a/helfi_platform_config.install b/helfi_platform_config.install
index 72cc3ac42..7a7adeeb1 100644
--- a/helfi_platform_config.install
+++ b/helfi_platform_config.install
@@ -168,3 +168,16 @@ function helfi_platform_config_update_9311(): void {
     }
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * UHF-9708: Enable helfi_users module.
+ */
+function helfi_platform_config_update_9312() : void {
+  helfi_platform_config_remove_permissions_from_all_roles([
+    'delete user accounts',
+  ]);
+
+  if (!\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('helfi_users')) {
+    \Drupal::service('module_installer')->install(['helfi_users']);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/helfi_platform_config.module b/helfi_platform_config.module
index 2f9a32dc7..22c7ee45b 100644
--- a/helfi_platform_config.module
+++ b/helfi_platform_config.module
@@ -496,31 +496,6 @@ function helfi_platform_config_config_ignore_settings_alter(array &$settings) {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Implements hook_user_cancel_methods_alter().
- */
-function helfi_platform_config_user_cancel_methods_alter(array &$methods): void {
-  /** @var \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account */
-  $account = \Drupal::currentUser();
-
-  // Only allow user to disable user accounts if the user doesn't have
-  // a permission to delete user accounts.
-  $white_listed_methods = [
-    'user_cancel_block',
-    'user_cancel_block_unpublish',
-  ];
-
-  // Deny access to all non-whitelisted methods if user doesn't have
-  // the 'delete user accounts' permission.
-  if (!$account->hasPermission('delete user accounts')) {
-    foreach ($methods as $name => &$method) {
-      if (!in_array($name, $white_listed_methods)) {
-        $method['access'] = FALSE;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Implements hook_config_schema_info_alter().
  */
diff --git a/helfi_platform_config.permissions.yml b/helfi_platform_config.permissions.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 65cb8132e..000000000
--- a/helfi_platform_config.permissions.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-delete user accounts:
-  title: Delete user accounts
diff --git a/modules/helfi_users/Readme.md b/modules/helfi_users/Readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4643be34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/helfi_users/Readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# HELfi users
+
+Fixes related to deleting or banning users.
+
+Other user account related fixes and features:
+ - [Expired users](https://github.com/City-of-Helsinki/drupal-module-helfi-api-base/blob/main/documentation/user-expire.md)
+ - [Infofinland user sanitization](https://github.com/City-of-Helsinki/drupal-infofinland/blob/dev/public/modules/custom/infofinland_user_cancel/README.md)
diff --git a/modules/helfi_users/helfi_users.info.yml b/modules/helfi_users/helfi_users.info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79569281f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/helfi_users/helfi_users.info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: HELfi users
+description: 'Fixes related to deleting or canceling users.'
+package: HELfi
+type: module
+core_version_requirement: ^10 || ^11
+'interface translation project': helfi_users
+'interface translation server pattern': modules/contrib/helfi_platform_config/modules/helfi_users/translations/%language.po
diff --git a/modules/helfi_users/helfi_users.module b/modules/helfi_users/helfi_users.module
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e40656d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/helfi_users/helfi_users.module
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Helper functions related to deleting user accounts.
+ *
+ * This is in a separate module, so it can be turned off easier,
+ * and we can reassign module weights / run order if necessary.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
+use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_module_implements_alter().
+ */
+function helfi_users_module_implements_alter(&$implementations, $hook) : void {
+  // Move helfi_users_user_cancel() implementation to the top of the
+  // list, so this is always run first before any other alter hooks, more
+  // specifically before 'node_user_cancel()' which causes issues when mass
+  // reassigning node revisions.
+  if ($hook === 'user_cancel') {
+    $group = $implementations['helfi_users'];
+    $implementations = ['helfi_users' => $group] + $implementations;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_form_alter().
+ */
+function helfi_users_form_alter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, $form_id): void {
+  if (!in_array($form_id, ["user_multiple_cancel_confirm", "user_cancel_form"])) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Hide email confirmation checkbox.
+  $form['user_cancel_confirm']['#access'] = FALSE;
+  $form['user_cancel_method']['#description'] = new TranslatableMarkup(
+    "Banning accounts prevents them from logging in. If the account is no longer needed, it should be deleted."
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_user_cancel_methods_alter().
+ */
+function helfi_users_user_cancel_methods_alter(array &$methods): void {
+  // User can only access allowed methods. User must also have
+  // 'administer users' permission from core to be able to cancel users.
+  $allowed_methods = [
+    'user_cancel_block' => new TranslatableMarkup("Ban the account and keep their content."),
+    'user_cancel_block_unpublish' => new TranslatableMarkup("Ban the account and unpublish their content."),
+    'user_cancel_reassign' => new TranslatableMarkup("Delete the account and make their content belong to %uid1. This action cannot be undone.", [
+      '%uid1' => User::load(1)->getAccountName(),
+    ]),
+  ];
+
+  foreach ($allowed_methods as $name => $title) {
+    $methods[$name]['title'] = $title;
+  }
+
+  // Without special permission, user is not allowed to access all methods.
+  if (!\Drupal::currentUser()->hasPermission('allow all user cancel methods')) {
+    foreach ($methods as $name => &$method) {
+      $method['access'] = array_key_exists($name, $allowed_methods);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_user_cancel().
+ *
+ * We have encountered crashes/timeout issues with reassign batch api
+ * implementation from node module. This Optimizes hook_user_cancel by
+ * reassigning nodes with direct database query.
+ *
+ * This has to run before node module's user_cancel hook.
+ */
+function helfi_users_user_cancel($edit, UserInterface $account, $method): void {
+  // Reassign nodes for the old account.
+  if ($method === 'user_cancel_reassign') {
+    _helfi_users_reassign_nodes($account, User::load(1));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reassigns all node revisions from $source to $target.
+ *
+ * Prevents crashes and timeouts when revisions are handled by node_mass_update.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $source
+ *   Source user.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $target
+ *   Target user.
+ */
+function _helfi_users_reassign_nodes(AccountInterface $source, AccountInterface $target): void {
+  $database = \Drupal::database();
+  $tables = [
+    'node_field_data' => 'uid',
+    'node_field_revision' => 'uid',
+    'node_revision' => 'revision_uid',
+  ];
+
+  foreach ($tables as $table => $uid_field) {
+    $matches = $database->select($table)
+      ->condition($uid_field, $source->id())
+      ->countQuery()
+      ->execute()
+      ->fetchField();
+
+    if ((int) $matches < 1) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Notice: this does not invalidate any caches. This should be fine for
+    // HELfi, where user information is not rendered on public pages.
+    $database->update($table)
+      ->fields([$uid_field => $target->id()])
+      ->condition($uid_field, $source->id())
+      ->execute();
+
+    \Drupal::logger('helfi_users')->notice(t('Set @count rows from @table to @target from @source', [
+      '@count' => $matches,
+      '@table' => $table,
+      '@target' => $target->id(),
+      '@source' => $source->id(),
+    ]));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/helfi_users/helfi_users.permissions.yml b/modules/helfi_users/helfi_users.permissions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d605b1dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/helfi_users/helfi_users.permissions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+allow all user cancel methods:
+  title: All access to all user cancel methods
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/UserCancelFormTest.php b/modules/helfi_users/tests/src/Functional/UserCancelFormTest.php
similarity index 95%
rename from tests/src/Functional/UserCancelFormTest.php
rename to modules/helfi_users/tests/src/Functional/UserCancelFormTest.php
index 1aad023ac..ebc95b00b 100644
--- a/tests/src/Functional/UserCancelFormTest.php
+++ b/modules/helfi_users/tests/src/Functional/UserCancelFormTest.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class UserCancelFormTest extends BrowserTestBase {
    */
   protected static $modules = [
     'user',
-    'helfi_platform_config',
+    'helfi_users',
   ];
 
   /**
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testUserCancelForm(): void {
     $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(200);
     $this->assertSession()->elementExists('xpath', '//input[@value="user_cancel_block"]');
     $this->assertSession()->elementExists('xpath', '//input[@value="user_cancel_block_unpublish"]');
-    $this->assertSession()->elementNotExists('xpath', '//input[@value="user_cancel_reassign"]');
+    $this->assertSession()->elementExists('xpath', '//input[@value="user_cancel_reassign"]');
     $this->assertSession()->elementNotExists('xpath', '//input[@value="user_cancel_delete"]');
 
     // Test that the editorUser cannot access the cancel page.
diff --git a/modules/helfi_users/tests/src/Kernel/UserCancelNodeRevisionsTest.php b/modules/helfi_users/tests/src/Kernel/UserCancelNodeRevisionsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f0adac52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/helfi_users/tests/src/Kernel/UserCancelNodeRevisionsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\helfi_users\Functional;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\Tests\node\Traits\NodeCreationTrait;
+use Drupal\Tests\user\Traits\UserCreationTrait;
+use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for reassigning node revisions when canceling users.
+ */
+class UserCancelNodeRevisionsTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  use NodeCreationTrait;
+  use UserCreationTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * Uid 1 user.
+   */
+  protected UserInterface $admin;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected $defaultTheme = 'stark';
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected static $modules = [
+    'node',
+    'user',
+    'system',
+    'helfi_users',
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp(): void {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    foreach (['node', 'user'] as $entityTypeId) {
+      $this->installEntitySchema($entityTypeId);
+    }
+
+    $this->installSchema('node', 'node_access');
+
+    $this->admin = $this->createUser(name: 'admin', values: [
+      'uid' => 1,
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests revision reassign function.
+   */
+  public function testRevisionAnonymization(): void {
+    $testUser = $this->createUser(name: 'testuser');
+    $node = $this->createNode([
+      'uid' => $testUser->id(),
+    ]);
+
+    // Create few revisions for a total of 4 including the original.
+    $revision_count = 3;
+    for ($i = 0; $i < $revision_count; $i++) {
+      $node->setNewRevision();
+      $node
+        ->setTitle($this->randomMachineName())
+        ->save();
+    }
+
+    // Run function for test user, assign content to .
+    _helfi_users_reassign_nodes($testUser, $this->admin);
+
+    // Test that revisions for this user were anonymized correctly.
+    $connection = Database::getConnection();
+    $revision_count = $connection->select('node_revision')
+      ->condition('revision_uid', $testUser->id())
+      ->condition('nid', $node->id())
+      ->countQuery()
+      ->execute()
+      ->fetchField();
+    $this->assertEquals(0, (int) $revision_count, 'Found revisions after running anonymization function.');
+
+    // Test that the revisions were correctly assigned to target user.
+    $anon_revision_count = $connection->select('node_revision')
+      ->condition('revision_uid', $this->admin->id())
+      ->condition('nid', $node->id())
+      ->countQuery()
+      ->execute()
+      ->fetchField();
+    $this->assertEquals(4, (int) $anon_revision_count, 'Amount of anonymized revisions does not match');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/helfi_users/translations/fi.po b/modules/helfi_users/translations/fi.po
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf1eb9146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/helfi_users/translations/fi.po
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Ban the account and keep their content."
+msgstr "Estä käyttäjä ja säilytä luotu sisältö."
+
+msgid "Ban the account and unpublish their content."
+msgstr "Estä käyttäjä ja piilota luotu sisältö."
+
+msgid "Delete the account and make their content belong to %uid1. This action cannot be undone."
+msgstr "Poista käyttäjä ja siirrä luotu sisältö käyttäjälle %uid1. Tätä toimintoa ei voi peruuttaa."
+
+msgid "Banning accounts prevents them from logging in. If the account is no longer needed, it should be deleted."
+msgstr "Käyttäjän estäminen estää kirjautumisen käyttäjällä. Käyttäjä tulisi poistaa jos sitä ei enää tarvita."