OpenSearch/x-pack/docs/en/rest-api/security/disable-users.asciidoc

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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.
[[security-api-disable-user-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`PUT /_security/user/<username>/_disable`
[[security-api-disable-user-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}
* To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster privilege.
[[security-api-disable-user-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}
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>>.
[[security-api-disable-user-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}
`username`::
(Required, string) An identifier for the user.
[[security-api-disable-user-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}
The following example disables the user `jacknich`:
[source,console]
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PUT /_security/user/jacknich/_disable
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// TEST[setup:jacknich_user]