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Delete users API

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Delete users API

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Deletes users from the native realm.

Request

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DELETE /_xpack/security/user/<username>

Description

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For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Configuring a native realm.

Path Parameters

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username (required)
(string) An identifier for the user.

Authorization

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To use this API, you must have at least the manage_security cluster privilege.

Examples

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The following example deletes the user jacknich:

DELETE /_xpack/security/user/jacknich
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If the user is successfully deleted, the request returns {"found": true}. Otherwise, found is set to false.

{
  "found" : true
}
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