zulip/templates/zerver/api/deactivate-user.md

Deactivate a user

{!api-admin-only.md!}

Deactivates a user given their user ID.

DELETE {{ api_url }}/v1/users/{user_id}

Usage examples

{start_tabs} {tab|python}

{generate_code_example(python)|/users/{user_id}:delete|example}

{tab|curl}

{generate_code_example(curl)|/users/{user_id}:delete|example}

{end_tabs}

Arguments

{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/users/{user_id}:delete}

Response

Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{generate_code_example|/users/{user_id}:delete|fixture(200)}

An example JSON error response when attempting to deactivate the only organization administrator:

{generate_code_example|/users/{user_id}:delete|fixture(400)}