diff --git a/doc/user/admin_area/moderate_users.md b/doc/user/admin_area/moderate_users.md
index f98f1a874c453f9db93f3a45ff4bb9d071c776df..bbec556db884866058c107522b4322c72ccfbcaa 100644
--- a/doc/user/admin_area/moderate_users.md
+++ b/doc/user/admin_area/moderate_users.md
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ A maximum of 100,000 users can be deactivated per day.
 
 ### Automatically delete unconfirmed users **(PREMIUM SELF)**
 
-> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352514) in GitLab 16.1 [with a flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `delete_unconfirmed_users_setting`. Disabled by default.
+> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352514) in GitLab 16.1 [with a flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `delete_unconfirmed_users_setting`. Disabled by default.
+> - [Enabled by default](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/124982) in GitLab 16.2.
 
 Prerequisites:
 
diff --git a/ee/config/feature_flags/development/delete_unconfirmed_users_setting.yml b/ee/config/feature_flags/development/delete_unconfirmed_users_setting.yml
index b49dec9e8db3c1be76adf362fb6e0520dbc52e7a..0b00fe69aa900b3d380d518e2bb0bb2ed7079951 100644
--- a/ee/config/feature_flags/development/delete_unconfirmed_users_setting.yml
+++ b/ee/config/feature_flags/development/delete_unconfirmed_users_setting.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/414252
 milestone: '16.1'
 type: development
 group: group::authentication and authorization
-default_enabled: false
+default_enabled: true