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[[security-api-disable-user]]
=== Disable users API
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<titleabbrev>Disable users</titleabbrev>
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Disables users in the native realm. 


==== Request

`PUT /_security/user/<username>/_disable` 


==== Description

By default, when you create users, they are enabled. You can use this API to 
revoke a user's access to {es}. To re-enable a user, there is an 
<<security-api-enable-user,enable users API>>. 

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 disables the user `jacknich`:

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