diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIAccountDialogs.test.js b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIAccountDialogs.test.js
index 5883b309f..2e6509a68 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIAccountDialogs.test.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/UIAccountDialogs.test.js
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ describe('create API token', () => {
 
 describe('delete account', () => {
     it('asks a temporary account to type confirm', async () => {
-        window.user = { username: 'guest', is_temp: true };
+        // What the server sends for a temporary account: no password, so `oidc_only` too.
+        window.user = { username: 'guest', is_temp: true, oidc_only: true };
         fetch.mockResolvedValueOnce(reply(200, { success: true }));
         dialogs.openDeleteAccountDialog();
 
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ describe('delete account', () => {
         expect(fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
         await submitWith({ confirm: ' Confirm ' });
+        expect(openRevalidatePopup).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(bodyOf(0)).toEqual({});
         expect(window.logout).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
diff --git a/src/gui/src/helpers/postUserProtected.js b/src/gui/src/helpers/postUserProtected.js
index 7bdd99ca4..77fd79b75 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/helpers/postUserProtected.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/helpers/postUserProtected.js
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ export default async function postUserProtected (route, body, { password, onReva
     };
     const revalidateFailed = () => ({ ok: false, data: {}, message: i18n('revalidate_failed', [], false) });
 
-    if ( window.user?.oidc_only && ! password ) {
+    // A temporary account has no password either, but no linked provider: the
+    // routes that admit it (deleting it) need no proof of identity at all.
+    if ( window.user?.oidc_only && ! window.user.is_temp && ! password ) {
         if ( ! await revalidate() ) return revalidateFailed();
         return settle(await post(body));
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/src/helpers/postUserProtected.test.js b/src/gui/src/helpers/postUserProtected.test.js
index 6007250a2..b56d87e20 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/helpers/postUserProtected.test.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/helpers/postUserProtected.test.js
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ describe('postUserProtected', () => {
         expect(window.handleReauthRequired).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    // The server reports `oidc_only` for any passwordless account, temporary ones included.
+    it('posts straight away for a temporary account, with no sign-in popup', async () => {
+        window.user = { oidc_only: true, is_temp: true };
+        fetch.mockResolvedValueOnce(reply(200, { success: true }));
+
+        const result = await postUserProtected('delete-own-user', {});
+
+        expect(openRevalidatePopup).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(bodyOf(0)).toEqual({});
+        expect(result).toEqual({ ok: true, data: { success: true } });
+    });
+
     it('signs a provider-only account in first and sends no password', async () => {
         window.user = { oidc_only: true, oidc_revalidate_url: 'https://puter.test/revalidate' };
         const onRevalidate = vi.fn();