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Deleting an IAM User

Function

This API is provided for the administrator to delete an IAM user.

The API can be called using both the global endpoint and region-specific endpoints. For IAM endpoints, see Regions and Endpoints.

URI

DELETE /v3/users/{user_id}

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

user_id

Yes

String

IAM user ID. For details about how to obtain a user ID, see Obtaining Account, IAM User, Group, Project, Region, and Agency Information.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Parameters in the request header

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

Content-Type

Yes

String

Fill application/json;charset=utf8 in this field.

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Token with Security Administrator permissions.

Response Parameters

None

Example Request

DELETE https://iam.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/users/{user_id}

Example Response

None

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

The IAM user is deleted successfully.

400

Invalid parameters.

401

Authentication failed.

403

Access denied.

404

The requested resource cannot be found.

405

The method specified in the request is not allowed for the requested resource.

413

The request entity is too large.

500

Internal server error.

503

Service unavailable.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: IAM User Management