Delete a User

Delete a user by ID or name, with soft/hard delete options

DELETE /v1/users/{id}

DELETE /v1/users/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Users

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
Users.delete("77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd")

# Hard delete
Users.delete(
    "77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Users.delete_by_name("aaron_johnson0")

# Delete by name with options
Users.delete_by_name(
    "aaron_johnson0",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted user
Users.restore("77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "name": "aaron_johnson0",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "aaron_johnson0",
  "displayName": "Aaron Johnson",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982624214,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "isBot": false,
  "isAdmin": false,
  "allowImpersonation": false,
  "teams": [
    {
      "id": "7a2b921b-f623-4eb5-9736-649788ad842c",
      "type": "team",
      "name": "Sales",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "Sales"
    }
  ],
  "deleted": true,
  "roles": [
    {
      "id": "761c2bb2-0b77-4bc5-9af9-cf89536d6a12",
      "type": "role",
      "name": "DataSteward",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "DataSteward"
    }
  ],
  "domains": []
}

Delete a User

Delete a user by ID or fully qualified name. Supports soft delete (default), hard delete, and restore operations.

Delete by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the user to delete.

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the user. If false, the user is soft-deleted and can be restored.

Delete by Name

Use DELETE /v1/users/name/{fqn} to delete by fully qualified name.

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the user (e.g., aaron_johnson0).

recursive · boolean · default: "false"

Recursively delete child entities.

hardDelete · boolean · default: "false"

Permanently delete the user.

Restore a Soft-Deleted User

Use PUT /v1/users/restore to restore a soft-deleted user.

id · string · required

UUID of the soft-deleted user to restore.

DELETE /v1/users/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Users

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Soft delete by ID
Users.delete("77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd")

# Hard delete
Users.delete(
    "77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Delete by name
Users.delete_by_name("aaron_johnson0")

# Delete by name with options
Users.delete_by_name(
    "aaron_johnson0",
    hard_delete=True
)

# Restore a soft-deleted user
Users.restore("77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd")

Response (Soft Delete)

{
  "id": "77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "name": "aaron_johnson0",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "aaron_johnson0",
  "displayName": "Aaron Johnson",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982624214,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "isBot": false,
  "isAdmin": false,
  "allowImpersonation": false,
  "teams": [
    {
      "id": "7a2b921b-f623-4eb5-9736-649788ad842c",
      "type": "team",
      "name": "Sales",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "Sales"
    }
  ],
  "deleted": true,
  "roles": [
    {
      "id": "761c2bb2-0b77-4bc5-9af9-cf89536d6a12",
      "type": "role",
      "name": "DataSteward",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "DataSteward"
    }
  ],
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

Soft delete returns the user object with deleted: true. Hard delete returns no content (204). Restore returns the restored user object.

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Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
401	UNAUTHORIZED	Invalid or missing authentication token
403	FORBIDDEN	User lacks permission to delete this user
404	NOT_FOUND	User with given ID or FQN does not exist