IAM / Client / delete_user

delete_user#

IAM.Client.delete_user(**kwargs)#

Deletes the specified IAM user. Unlike the Amazon Web Services Management Console, when you delete a user programmatically, you must delete the items attached to the user manually, or the deletion fails. For more information, see Deleting an IAM user. Before attempting to delete a user, remove the following items:

  • Password ( DeleteLoginProfile)

  • Access keys ( DeleteAccessKey)

  • Signing certificate ( DeleteSigningCertificate)

  • SSH public key ( DeleteSSHPublicKey)

  • Git credentials ( DeleteServiceSpecificCredential)

  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA) device ( DeactivateMFADevice, DeleteVirtualMFADevice)

  • Inline policies ( DeleteUserPolicy)

  • Attached managed policies ( DetachUserPolicy)

  • Group memberships ( RemoveUserFromGroup)

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.delete_user(
    UserName='string'
)
Parameters:

UserName (string) –

[REQUIRED]

The name of the user to delete.

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-

Returns:

None

Exceptions

Examples

The following command removes the IAM user named Bob from the current account.

response = client.delete_user(
    UserName='Bob',
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}