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[[security-api-delete-user]]
=== Delete users API
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<titleabbrev>Delete users</titleabbrev>
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Deletes users from the native realm. 

==== Request

`DELETE /_security/user/<username>` 

==== Description

For more information about the native realm, see 
{stack-ov}/realms.html[Realms] and <<configuring-native-realm>>. 

==== Path Parameters

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

//==== Request Body

==== Authorization

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


==== Examples

The following example deletes the user `jacknich`:

[source,js]
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DELETE /_security/user/jacknich
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:jacknich_user]

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

[source,js]
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{
  "found" : true
}
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// TESTRESPONSE