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Remove Items from a User

This endpoint is used to delete Items for a given User. Either a user_id or user_token must be provided. If any of the Items are not associated with the provided User, an error will be returned, and no Items will be deleted. This is equivalent to calling /item/remove on each Item, but this endpoint supports User-based use cases (CRA) where /item/remove is not supported. To obtain a list of Items associated with a User, call /user/items/get. After an Item is deleted, it will no longer appear in /user/items/get. Item deletion via /user/items/remove will permanently and irreversibly delete the Item; to re-create the Item, send the User back through the Link flow. 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. In the case of a user deleting their account with your product, call /user/products/terminate to stop billing for unneeded services. For a user initiated data deletion request, see the Consumer Service Center to revoke access to data.

post/user/items/remove

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 data is being requested for. 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.

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