DeleteUser
Deletes the specified IAM user. Unlike the AWS Management Console, when you delete a user programmatically, you must delete the items attached to the user manually, or the deletion fails. For more information, see Deleting an IAM user. Before attempting to delete a user, remove the following items:
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Password (DeleteLoginProfile)
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Access keys (DeleteAccessKey)
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Signing certificate (DeleteSigningCertificate)
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SSH public key (DeleteSSHPublicKey)
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Git credentials (DeleteServiceSpecificCredential)
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Multi-factor authentication (MFA) device (DeactivateMFADevice, DeleteVirtualMFADevice)
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Inline policies (DeleteUserPolicy)
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Attached managed policies (DetachUserPolicy)
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Group memberships (RemoveUserFromGroup)
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- UserName
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The name of the user to delete.
This parameter allows (through its regex pattern
) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@- Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
[\w+=,.@-]+Required: Yes
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- ConcurrentModification
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The request was rejected because multiple requests to change this object were submitted simultaneously. Wait a few minutes and submit your request again.
HTTP Status Code: 409
- DeleteConflict
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The request was rejected because it attempted to delete a resource that has attached subordinate entities. The error message describes these entities.
HTTP Status Code: 409
- LimitExceeded
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The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current AWS account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.
HTTP Status Code: 409
- NoSuchEntity
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The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ServiceFailure
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The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.
HTTP Status Code: 500
Examples
Example
This example illustrates one usage of DeleteUser.
Sample Request
https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteUser
&UserName=Bob
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMSSample Response
<DeleteUserResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>7a62c49f-347e-4fc4-9331-6e8eEXAMPLE</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</DeleteUserResponse>See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
