---
title: "Delete"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/users/{user_id}"
tags: ["User"]
---

# Delete

`DELETE /v1/users/{user_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.stytch.com`
- URL: `https://api.stytch.com/v1/users/{user_id}`
- Auth: HTTP basic

Delete a User from Stytch.

## Path parameters

- `user_id` string, required: The unique ID of a specific User. You may use an `external_id` here if one is set for the user.

## Response `200`

Successful response

- ApiUserV1DeleteResponse
  - `request_id` string, required: Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.
  - `user_id` string, required: The unique ID of the deleted User.
  - `status_code` integer, required: The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-03-07** `110f26a94e5b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-03-06** `9cab20b8eca7`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2026-01-09** `7dfcc14e566c`: 1 breaking
  - removed the request body
- **2025-11-03** `b2acbf387799`: 1 breaking
  - added required request body
- **2025-10-24** `69e827881158`: 1 breaking
  - removed the request body

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/stytch/apis/stytch-api/changes/v1/users/:user_id/delete.md)

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