Delete users APIedit
Deletes users from the native realm.
Requestedit
DELETE /_security/user/<username>
Prerequisitesedit
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To use this API, you must have at least the
manage_securitycluster privilege.
Descriptionedit
For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.
Path parametersedit
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username - (Required, string) An identifier for the user.
Examplesedit
The following example deletes the user jacknich:
DELETE /_security/user/jacknich
If the user is successfully deleted, the request returns {"found": true}.
Otherwise, found is set to false.
{
"found" : true
}