Updated on 2025-11-06 GMT+08:00

Deleting a Virtual MFA Device

Function

This API is used to delete a virtual MFA device.

Authorization Information

Each account 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:mfa:deleteVirtualMFADeviceV5

Write

mfa *

-

-

-

URI

DELETE /v5/virtual-mfa-devices

Table 1 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

user_id

Yes

String

IAM user ID.

serial_number

Yes

String

Serial number of a virtual MFA device.

Maximum: 150

Request Parameters

None

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

Successful

Status code: 400

Table 2 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 403

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Encrypted authentication failure information, which can be decrypted using the STS5 decryption API.

Status code: 404

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

request_id

String

Request ID.

Example Requests

Deleting the virtual MFA device whose serial number is iam::accountid:mfa:name for IAM user xxx

DELETE https://{endpoint}/v5/virtual-mfa-devices?user_id=xxx&serial_number=iam%3A%3Aaccountid%3Amfa%3Aname

Example Responses

None

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

Successful

400

Bad request

403

Forbidden

404

Not found

Error Codes

See Error Codes.