---
title: "Permanently delete a user and all of their data"
method: POST
path: "/admin/users/delete"
tags: ["Internal", "Admin"]
---

# Permanently delete a user and all of their data

`POST /admin/users/delete`

## Request body

- object
  - `userId` string

## Response `200`

User was successfully deleted

- BaseAPIResponse — Simple API response
  - `message` string
  - `success` boolean

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `401` — Basic auth failure
- `default` — Unexpected error

## Changes

- **2026-06-23** `558a9fa7f4fb` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2021-09-23** `02fef72d775b` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/owncast/apis/owncast-apis/changes/admin/users/delete/post.md)

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