---
title: "Delete user"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/ldap/user"
tags: ["User Management"]
---

# Delete user

`DELETE /api/ldap/user`

Delete a LDAP user and associated group. Home directory is backed up with timestamp suffix.

## Response `200`

User deleted successfully

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `203` — User not found
- `400` — Invalid request or self-deletion attempt
- `500` — Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-08-15** (v1) `058396b8f0f1` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was removed from the API
- **2026-04-21** (v1) `6db97cead8df` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was removed from the API
- **2025-08-05** (v1) `55c07c16d2e1` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was removed from the API

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/aws-samples/apis/engineering-development-hub-edh-api/changes/api/ldap/user/delete.md)

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