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Deleting an IAM User

Function

This API is used to delete a specified IAM user.

Authorization Information

Each account root user has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the following required identity policy-based permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

iam:users:deleteUserV5

Write

user *

  • g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

  • iam:ResourceIsRootUser

-

-

URI

DELETE /v5/users/{user_id}

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

user_id

Yes

String

Definition

IAM user ID, which is globally unique. For details about how to obtain the user ID, see the API for listing IAM users or check the IAM user details page on the IAM console.

Constraints

The user ID must exist and be valid.

Range

The value contains 32 characters, including only letters and digits.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

None

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

None

Status code: 403

Table 2 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition:

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is PAP5.XXXX, for example, PAP5.0012.

error_msg

String

Definition:

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

request_id

String

Definition:

Unique identifier of an API request, which is used to locate API calling exceptions.

Range:

N/A

encoded_authorization_message

String

Definition:

Encrypted details returned when the authentication fails, which are used to locate authentication problems. The STS5 decryption API can be used for decryption. For details, see API link.

Range:

N/A.

Status code: 404

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition:

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is PAP5.XXXX, for example, PAP5.0012.

error_msg

String

Definition:

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

request_id

String

Definition:

Unique identifier of an API request, which is used to locate API calling exceptions.

Range:

N/A

Status code: 409

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition:

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is PAP5.XXXX, for example, PAP5.0012.

error_msg

String

Definition:

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

request_id

String

Definition:

Unique identifier of an API request, which is used to locate API calling exceptions.

Range:

N/A

Example Requests

Deleting a specified IAM user

DELETE https://{endpoint}/v5/users/{user_id}

Example Responses

None

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

Successful

403

Forbidden

404

Not found

409

Conflict

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Managing IAM Users