---
title: "Disable a user"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v1/user/{user_handle}"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Disable a user

`DELETE /api/v1/user/{user_handle}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com`
- URL: `https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/user/{user_handle}`
- Auth: API key in header `DD-API-KEY` and API key in header `DD-APPLICATION-KEY`

Delete a user from an organization.

**Note**: This endpoint can only be used with application keys belonging to
administrators.

## Path parameters

- `user_handle` string, required

## Response `200`

User disabled

- UserDisableResponse: Array of user disabled for a given organization.
  - `message` string: Information pertaining to a user disabled for a given organization.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `403`: Authentication error
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too many requests

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v1-collection.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v1-collection/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/datadog/apis/datadog-api-v1-collection/revisions/ca5871004d26?raw)