user-delete.md

title	description	author	ms.reviewer	ms.localizationpriority	ms.subservice	doc_type
Delete a user - Microsoft Graph API	Describes the delete method of the user resource (entity) of the Microsoft Graph API (REST).	yyuank	iamut	medium	entra-users	apiPageType

Delete a user

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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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.

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Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

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The calling user must be assigned at least one of the following Microsoft Entra roles:

• User Administrator
• Privileged Authentication 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. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It doesn't return anything in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/ba9a3254-9f18-4209-aeb3-9e42a35b5be4 

C#

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Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content