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Remove Items from a User

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Removes specific Items associated with a user. It is equivalent to calling /item/remove on each Item individually, but supports use cases (such as Plaid Check) where access tokens are not available. All specified Items must belong to the user or the entire operation fails. Similar to /item/remove, this deletes Item product data and terminates billing on the Item's products. Once removed, Items cannot be reconnected without going through Link again. This endpoint is not intended to remove all data for a user, as it will only remove Items and no other data for the user. If the user has any user-based recurring subscription products (Financial Management, Plaid Protect, or CRA Servicing) and is deleting their account with your product, also call /user/products/terminate to end those subscriptions; per-Item billing is already terminated by this endpoint. For a user initiated data deletion request, see the Consumer Service Center to revoke access to data.

post/user/items/remove

Request

  • Base URL
    https://production.plaid.com
  • URL
    https://production.plaid.com/user/items/remove
  • Auth
    API key in header PLAID-CLIENT-ID and API key in header PLAID-SECRET and API key in header Plaid-Version

Request body

client_idstring

Your Plaid API client_id. The client_id is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-CLIENT-ID header or as part of a request body.

secretstring

Your Plaid API secret. The secret is required and may be provided either in the PLAID-SECRET header or as part of a request body.

user_tokenstring

The user token associated with the user for which data is being requested. This field is used only by customers with pre-existing integrations that already use the user_token field. All other customers should use the user_id instead. For more details, see New User APIs.

user_idstring

A unique user identifier, created by /user/create. Integrations that began using /user/create after December 10, 2025 use this field to identify a user instead of the user_token. For more details, see New User APIs.

item_idsItemId[] required

An array of item_ids to be deleted. All Items for removal must be currently associated with the provided user_id or user_token. Otherwise, the entire operation will error and no Items will be deleted.

Response

OK

request_idstring required

A unique identifier for the request, which can be used for troubleshooting. This identifier, like all Plaid identifiers, is case sensitive.

Changes

  • ea443cd78f6fRevision changes
    • warning

      added the new CRA_PARTNER_INSIGHTS_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new CRA_REPORT_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

  • a1bbca018160Revision changes
    • warning

      added the new ASSETS_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new CRA_MONITORING_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new CREDIT_PROFILE_REPORT_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new ENCOMPASS_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new ENRICH_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new FRAUD_INSIGHTS_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new FREDDIE_MAC_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new LINK_DELIVERY_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new PROFILE_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new RECURRING_TRANSACTIONS_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new STATEMENTS_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new TRANSFER_RECURRING_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status

    • warning

      added the new TRANSFER_REFUND_ERROR enum value to the response property for the response status