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Version 4.0.26.2 (latest)
Delete the user with a specific id.
This action cannot be undone. If you want to keep the user's content, we recommend disabling their accounts instead of deleting them.
Deletion will have the following impact:
- Their reports, Looks and dashboards will be moved to Trash.
- Any public URLs owned by them will no longer work.
- Schedules created by the users or that use their content will be deleted.
- Alerts will continue to run, but will not be visible or editable from the dashboard.
The user cannot delete themselves.The last administrator user cannot be deleted.
Deleting Service Accounts via this endpoint is deprecated and can be blocked in future versions.Please use the dedicateddelete_service_account endpoint.
Request
DELETE/users/{user_id}
Datatype
Description
Request
HTTP Request
path
HTTP Path
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user_id
string
Id of user
Response
204: User successfully deleted.
Datatype
Description
(string)
string
400: Bad Request
Datatype
Description
(object)
message
lock
string
Error details
documentation_url
lock
string
Documentation link
403: Permission Denied
Datatype
Description
(object)
message
lock
string
Error details
documentation_url
lock
string
Documentation link
404: Not Found
Datatype
Description
(object)
message
lock
string
Error details
documentation_url
lock
string
Documentation link
429: Too Many Requests
Datatype
Description
(object)
message
lock
string
Error details
documentation_url
lock
string
Documentation link
Examples
Kotlin
| https://github.com/looker-open-source/sdk-codegen/blob/main/kotlin/src/test/TestSmoke.kt |
TypeScript
Python
Swift
| https://github.com/looker-open-source/sdk-codegen/blob/main/swift/looker/Tests/lookerTests/smokeTests.swift |
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Last updated 2026-02-09 UTC.