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[role="xpack"]
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[[security-api-delete-user]]
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=== Delete users API
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<titleabbrev>Delete users</titleabbrev>
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Deletes users from the native realm.
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==== Request
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`DELETE /_security/user/<username>`
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==== Description
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For more information about the native realm, see
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{stack-ov}/realms.html[Realms] and <<configuring-native-realm>>.
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==== Path Parameters
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`username` (required)::
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(string) An identifier for the user.
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//==== Request Body
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==== Authorization
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To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster privilege.
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==== Examples
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The following example deletes the user `jacknich`:
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[source,js]
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DELETE /_security/user/jacknich
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// CONSOLE
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// TEST[setup:jacknich_user]
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If the user is successfully deleted, the request returns `{"found": true}`.
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Otherwise, `found` is set to false.
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[source,js]
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{
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"found" : true
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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// TESTRESPONSE
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