docs-v2/content/influxdb/v2/admin/users/delete-user.md

title	seotitle	description	menu	weight	aliases
Delete a user	Delete a user from InfluxDB	Delete a user from InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.	influxdb_v2 name parent Delete a user Manage users	103	/influxdb/v2/users/delete-user/

Use the InfluxDB user interface (UI) or the influx command line interface (CLI) to delete a user.

{{% warn %}} Deleting a user removes them completely from InfluxDB. To remove a user from an organization without deleting the user entirely, see Remove a member from an organization. {{% /warn %}}

Delete a user from the InfluxDB UI

{{% note %}} Users cannot be deleted from the InfluxDB UI. {{% /note %}}

Delete a user using the influx CLI

Use the influx user delete command to delete a user. Provide the following:

• An operator token using your influx CLI connection configuration, INFLUX_TOKEN environment variable, or the --token, -t flag.
• The user ID (provided in the output of influx user list)

{{% code-placeholders "USER_ID" %}}

influx user delete --id USER_ID

{{% /code-placeholders %}}

Replace {{% code-placeholder-key %}}USER_ID{{% /code-placeholder-key %}} with the ID of the user to delete.