Delete users API

Deletes users from the native realm.

DELETE /_security/user/<username>

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

For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.

The following example deletes the user jacknich:

DELETE /_security/user/jacknich

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

{
  "found" : true
}