Delete users Generally available

DELETE /_security/user/{username}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Delete users from the native realm.

Required authorization

  • Cluster privileges: manage_security

Path parameters

  • username string Required

    An identifier for the user.

Query parameters

  • refresh string

    If true (the default) then refresh the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if wait_for then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if false then do nothing with refreshes.

    Values are true, false, or wait_for.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • found boolean Required

      If the user is successfully deleted, the request returns {"found": true}. Otherwise, found is set to false.
DELETE /_security/user/{username} 
DELETE /_security/user/jacknich 
resp = client.security.delete_user( username="jacknich", )
const response = await client.security.deleteUser({ username: "jacknich", });
response = client.security.delete_user( username: "jacknich" )
$resp = $client->security()->deleteUser([ "username" => "jacknich", ]);
curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_security/user/jacknich"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `DELETE /_security/user/jacknich`. 
{ "found" : true }