Delete a user
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Delete user.
When deleted, user resources are moved to a temporary container and can be restored within 30 days. After that time, they are permanently deleted. To learn more, see deletedItems.
Permissions
One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.
Permission type | Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | User.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. |
Application | User.ReadWrite.All |
The calling user must be assigned one of the following Azure AD roles:
- User Administrator
- Privileged Authentication Administrator
- Global Administrator
To delete users with privileged administrator roles in delegated scenarios, the app must be assigned the Directory.AccessAsUser.All delegated permission, and the calling user must have a higher privileged administrator role as indicated in Who can perform sensitive actions.
In app-only scenarios, the User.ReadWrite.All application permission isn't enough privilege to delete users with privileged administrative roles. The app must be assigned a higher privileged administrator role as indicated in Who can perform sensitive actions.
HTTP request
DELETE /users/{id | userPrincipalName}
Request headers
Header | Value |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. |
Request body
Do not supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns 204 No Content
response code. It does not return anything in the response body.
Example
Request
The following is an example of a request.
DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{user-id}
Response
The following is an example of the response.
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
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