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)
Directory.AccessAsUser.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Not supported.
Application
User.ReadWrite.All
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.