Delete users

DELETE /_security/user/{username}

Delete users from the native realm.

Path parameters

Query parameters

  • refresh string

    If true (the default) then refresh the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if wait_for then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if false then do nothing with refreshes.

    Values are true, false, or wait_for.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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DELETE /_security/user/{username} 
curl \
 -X DELETE http://api.example.com/_security/user/{username}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "found": true
}