delete_user

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

  • IAM.Client.exceptions.LimitExceededException
  • IAM.Client.exceptions.NoSuchEntityException
  • IAM.Client.exceptions.DeleteConflictException
  • IAM.Client.exceptions.ConcurrentModificationException
  • IAM.Client.exceptions.ServiceFailureException

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