# Delete users

**DELETE /_security/user/{username}**

Delete users from the native realm.

## Required authorization

* Cluster privileges: `manage_security`



## Servers
- http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth
- Basic auth
- Bearer auth


## Parameters

### Path parameters
- **username** (string)
  An identifier for the user.

### Query parameters
- **refresh** (string)
  If `true` (the default) then refresh the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if `wait_for` then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if `false` then do nothing with refreshes.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **found** (boolean)
  If the user is successfully deleted, the request returns `{"found": true}`.
  Otherwise, `found` is set to `false`.


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