Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Elements Errors See Also

DeleteUser

Deletes a user from WorkMail and all subsequent systems. Before you can delete a user, the user state must be DISABLED. Use the DescribeUser action to confirm the user state.

Deleting a user is permanent and cannot be undone. WorkMail archives user mailboxes for 30 days before they are permanently removed.

Request Syntax


{
   "OrganizationId": "string",
   "UserId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

OrganizationId

The organization that contains the user to be deleted.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 34.

Pattern: ^m-[0-9a-f]{32}$

Required: Yes

UserId

The identifier of the user to be deleted.

The identifier can be the UserId or Username. The following identity formats are available:

User ID: 12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012 or S-1-1-12-1234567890-123456789-123456789-1234
User name: user

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9._%+@-]+

Required: Yes

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

DirectoryServiceAuthenticationFailedException

The directory service doesn't recognize the credentials supplied by WorkMail.

HTTP Status Code: 400

DirectoryUnavailableException

The directory is unavailable. It might be located in another Region or deleted.

HTTP Status Code: 400

EntityStateException

You are performing an operation on a user, group, or resource that isn't in the expected state, such as trying to delete an active user.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidParameterException

One or more of the input parameters don't match the service's restrictions.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OrganizationNotFoundException

An operation received a valid organization identifier that either doesn't belong or exist in the system.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OrganizationStateException

The organization must have a valid state to perform certain operations on the organization or its members.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UnsupportedOperationException

You can't perform a write operation against a read-only directory.

HTTP Status Code: 400