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Delete users API
editDelete users API
editDeletes users from the native realm.
Request
editDELETE /_security/user/<username>
Prerequisites
edit-
To use this API, you must have at least the
manage_security
cluster privilege.
Description
editFor more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.
Path parameters
edit-
username
- (Required, string) An identifier for the user.
Examples
editThe 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 }