How to delete a user by API call?

Question

Hi all,I'm aware there's already a thread on this topic, but it seems outdated since it is stated that: "it is not possible to delete users in the platform". However, as far as I know, there is a "Delete user" feature provided by the admin console that can be used by an administrator in order to delete a user.I'm going to integrate a back-end application (Java based) with the RESTful API provided by Lithium. I need to programmatically remove a user from the community. I've found the API call that is used to add a new user&nbsp;but&nbsp;I can't find the API call that is used to delete a user. So, which API do I have to call in order to delete a user programmatically?&nbsp;Thanks in advanceAmato

tariqhussain · Answer

Amato- As mentioned https://community.lithium.com/t5/Developer-Documentation/bd-p/dev-doc-portal?section=commv2&collection=users#action-delete here, you can not delete any user with rest API.

However, you still can ban user using rest API.

Documentation :

https://community.lithium.com/t5/Developer-Documentation/bd-p/dev-doc-portal?section=commv1&leaf-id=User.moderation#User.moderation.ban.allowed

You can post an Idea for the delete rest API here.

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Tariq

luk · Answer

Double posting this here as well, as the replies are inaccurate for at least a few years and these topics pop up when searching the community...

It is possible at least since 2021: https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscommunitydevdocs/reference/delete-a-user

You can simply issue a DELETE request (with proper authorization of course) to /api/2.0/users/<user-id> to delete a user, you'll get back a user object (JSON) with the deleted property set to true.

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