Delete a user

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  • Contributors
    • Dan Kershaw [MSFT]
    • Jeremy Thake (Microsoft)
    • Office GSX

Delete user.

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.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{user-id}
Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content