---
title: "Delete a user created by the provider backend."
method: DELETE
path: "/ocs/v2.php/apps/user_oidc/api/{apiVersion}/user/{userId}"
tags: ["user_oidc_provisioning"]
---

# Delete a user created by the provider backend.

`DELETE /ocs/v2.php/apps/user_oidc/api/{apiVersion}/user/{userId}`

This endpoint requires admin access

## Path parameters

- `apiVersion` 'v1', required
- `userId` string, required

## Headers

- `OCS-APIRequest` boolean, required

## Response `200`

The provider user was deleted successfully

- object
  - `ocs` object, required
    - `meta` OCSMeta, required
      - `status` string, required
      - `statuscode` integer, required
      - `message` string
      - `totalitems` string
      - `itemsperpage` string
    - `data` object, required
      - `user_id` string, required

## Other responses

- `401` — Current user is not logged in
- `403` — Logged in account must be an admin
- `404` — The user was not found or is not managed by this backend

## Changes

> 7 revisions in range; 5 could not be searched.

- **2026-02-27** `f9a0442ac006` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/nextcloud/apis/user-oidc/changes/ocs/v2.php/apps/user_oidc/api/:apiVersion/user/:userId/delete.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/nextcloud/apis/user-oidc.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/nextcloud/apis/user-oidc/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/nextcloud/user-oidc/revisions/9b0d8249174c/schema)