Disable users API

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Disable users API

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Disables users in the native realm.

Request

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PUT /_security/user/<username>/_disable

Prerequisites

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

Description

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By default, when you create users, they are enabled. You can use this API to revoke a user’s access to Elasticsearch. To re-enable a user, there is an enable users API.

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

Path parameters

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username: (Required, string) An identifier for the user.

Examples

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The following example disables the user jacknich:

PUT /_security/user/jacknich/_disable

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