Delete passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod (deprecated)

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10/27/2023

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Deletes a user's Microsoft Authenticator Passwordless Phone Sign-in method object.

Caution

The Microsoft Authenticator Passwordless Phone Sign-in method API is deprecated and will stop returning results on December 31, 2020. Please use the new Microsoft Authenticator Authentication Method.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

The following tables show the least privileged permission or permissions required to call this API on each supported resource type. Follow best practices to request least privileged permissions. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permissions acting on self

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All	Not available.

Permissions acting on other users

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All	Not available.

For delegated scenarios where an admin is acting on another user, the administrator needs at least the Authentication Administrator or Privileged Authentication Administrator Microsoft Entra role.

HTTP request

Remove a Microsoft Authenticator Passwordless Phone Sign-in 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/passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethods/{id}

Remove a Microsoft Authenticator Passwordless Phone Sign-in authentication method from another user's account.

DELETE /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethods/{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. It doesn't return anything in the response body.

Examples

Request

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/kim@contoso.com/authentication/passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethods/R18B3t8Ogh9XIOGmPt81d6p_KXJs1YTxfGgGqeVFJSM1


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.Users["{user-id}"].Authentication.PasswordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethods["{passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod-id}"].DeleteAsync();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta users authentication passwordless-microsoft-authenticator-methods delete --user-id {user-id} --passwordless-microsoft-authenticator-authentication-method-id {passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod-id}

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



graphClient.Users().ByUserId("user-id").Authentication().PasswordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethods().ByPasswordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethodId("passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod-id").Delete(context.Background(), nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

graphClient.users().byUserId("{user-id}").authentication().passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethods().byPasswordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethodId("{passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod-id}").delete();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/users/kim@contoso.com/authentication/passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethods/R18B3t8Ogh9XIOGmPt81d6p_KXJs1YTxfGgGqeVFJSM1')
	.version('beta')
	.delete();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$graphServiceClient->users()->byUserId('user-id')->authentication()->passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethods()->byPasswordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethodId('passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod-id')->delete()->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Identity.SignIns

Remove-MgBetaUserAuthenticationPasswordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethod -UserId $userId -PasswordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethodId $passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethodId

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)


await graph_client.users.by_user_id('user-id').authentication.passwordless_microsoft_authenticator_methods.by_passwordless_microsoft_authenticator_authentication_method_id('passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod-id').delete()

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Delete passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod (deprecated)

Permissions

Permissions acting on self

Permissions acting on other users

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Request

Response

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