# Disable user access to AWS accounts and applications in IAM Identity Center
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When you disable user access in your IAM Identity Center directory, you cannot edit their user details, reset their password, add the user to a group, or view their group membership. Disabling user access prevents them from signing in to the AWS access portal and they will no longer have access to their assigned AWS accounts and applications. Use disable user access for temporary access removal when you might need to restore access later.

Use the following procedure to disable user access in your Identity Center directory using the IAM Identity Center console.

**Note**  
When you disable user access or delete a user in IAM Identity Center, that user will immediately be prevented from signing in to the AWS access portal and will not be able to create new sign in sessions. For more information, see [Understanding authentication sessions in IAM Identity Center](authconcept.md).

**To disable user access in IAM Identity Center**

1. Open the [IAM Identity Center console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon).
**Important**  
The instructions on this page apply to [AWS IAM Identity Center](https://aws.amazon.com/iam/identity-center/). They do not apply to [AWS Identity and Access Management](https://aws.amazon.com/iam/) (IAM). IAM Identity Center users, groups, and user credentials are different from IAM users, groups, and IAM user credentials. If you are looking for instructions on deactivating users in IAM, see [Managing IAM users](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_manage.html) in the *AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide*.

1. Choose **Users**.

1. Select the username of the user whose access you want to disable.

1. Below the username of the user whose access you want to disable, in the **General information** section, choose **Disable user access**.

1. In the **Disable user access** dialog box, choose **Disable user access**.