Delete softwareOathAuthenticationMethod

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Delete a user's Software OATH token authentication method object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permissions acting on self

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application Not supported.

Permissions acting on other users

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts where the signed-in user is acting on another user, they must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.

  • Authentication Administrator
  • Privileged Authentication Administrator

HTTP request

Remove a software OATH token authentication method from your own account. For a signed-in user to update their own authentication method, they must have satisfied a multi-factor authentication requirement during sign in.

DELETE /me/authentication/softwareOathMethods/{id}

Remove a software OATH token authentication method from another user's account.

DELETE /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/softwareOathMethods/{id}

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code.

Examples

Request

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/kim@contoso.com/authentication/softwareOathMethods/b172893e-893e-b172-3e89-72b13e8972b1

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content