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# Delete User

> Permanently deletes an existing user from your workspace. Permission required: `delete-user`

### Changelog
| Version      | Description |
| ---------------- | ------------|
|3.7.0            | Added `confirmRelinquish` to the payload.       |
|0.35.0            | Added       |

## OpenAPI

````json POST /api/v1/users.delete
{
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "info": {
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "title": "User Management"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://apiexplorer.support.rocket.chat"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "LDAP"
    },
    {
      "name": "Permissions"
    },
    {
      "name": "Roles"
    },
    {
      "name": "Users"
    },
    {
      "name": "SAML"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/v1/users.delete": {
      "post": {
        "tags": [
          "Users"
        ],
        "summary": "Delete User",
        "description": "Permanently deletes an existing user from your workspace. Permission required: `delete-user`\n\n### Changelog\n| Version      | Description |\n| ---------------- | ------------|\n|3.7.0            | Added `confirmRelinquish` to the payload.       |\n|0.35.0            | Added       |",
        "operationId": "post-api-v1-users.delete",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/Auth-Token"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/UserId"
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                  "userId"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "userId": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "example": "BsNr28znDkG8aeo7W",
                    "description": "The `userId` of the user. Alternatively, you can use the `username` property and value."
                  },
                  "confirmRelinquish": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Deletes the user, even if they are the last owner of a room. By default, it is set to `false`.",
                    "default": "false"
                  }
                }
              },
              "examples": {
                "Example": {
                  "value": {
                    "userId": "BsNr28znDkG8aeo7W",
                    "confirmRelinquish": "true"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "OK",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "success": {
                      "type": "boolean"
                    },
                    "deletedRooms": {
                      "description": "The rooms deleted as part of the user deletion process.",
                      "type": "array",
                      "items": {
                        "type": "object"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "examples": {
                  "Example": {
                    "value": {
                      "success": "true",
                      "deletedRooms": []
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad Request",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "success": {
                      "type": "boolean"
                    },
                    "error": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "errorType": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "examples": {
                  "Example": {
                    "value": {
                      "success": "false",
                      "error": "The required \"userId\" or \"username\" param was not provided [error-user-param-not-provided]",
                      "errorType": "error-user-param-not-provided"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/authorizationError"
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Forbidden",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "success": {
                      "type": "boolean"
                    },
                    "error": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "examples": {
                  "Permission Error": {
                    "value": {
                      "success": "false",
                      "error": "unauthorized"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "parameters": {
      "Auth-Token": {
        "name": "X-Auth-Token",
        "in": "header",
        "description": "The authenticated user token.",
        "required": "true",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "example": "RScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f"
      },
      "UserId": {
        "name": "X-User-Id",
        "in": "header",
        "description": "The authenticated user ID.",
        "required": "true",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "example": "rbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ"
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "authorizationError": {
        "description": "Unauthorized",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "status": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "message": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            },
            "examples": {
              "Authorization Error": {
                "value": {
                  "status": "error",
                  "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
````