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# delete

Blacklists the User, disabling them

## Usage

```
ionosctl compute user delete [flags]
```

## Aliases

For `user` command:

```
[u]
```

For `delete` command:

```
[d]
```

## Description

This command blacklists the User, disabling them: the account can no longer sign in or use the API, and drops out of the Groups it belonged to. The User is not completely purged, so its email address stays reserved. If you anticipate needing to create a User with the same email in the future, we suggest renaming (changing the email of) the User before you delete it.

Required values to run command:

* User Id

## Options

```
  -a, --all               Blacklist every User on the contract. Use with extreme caution
  -u, --api-url string    Override default host URL. Preferred over the config file override 'cloud' and env var 'IONOS_API_URL' (default "https://api.ionos.com")
      --cols strings      Set of columns to be printed on output 
                          Available columns: [UserId Firstname Lastname Email S3CanonicalUserId Administrator ForceSecAuth SecAuthActive Active]
  -c, --config string     Configuration file used for authentication (default "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ionosctl/config.yaml")
  -D, --depth int         Level of detail for response objects (default 1)
  -F, --filters strings   Limit results to results containing the specified filter:KEY1=VALUE1,KEY2=VALUE2
  -f, --force             Force command to execute without user input
  -h, --help              Print usage
      --limit int         Maximum number of items to return per request (default 50)
      --no-headers        Don't print table headers when table output is used
      --offset int        Number of items to skip before starting to collect the results
      --order-by string   Property to order the results by
  -o, --output string     Desired output format [text|json|api-json] (default "text")
      --query string      JMESPath query string to filter the output
  -q, --quiet             Quiet output
  -t, --timeout int       Timeout in seconds for --wait and other wait operations (default 600)
  -i, --user-id string    The unique User Id (required)
  -v, --verbose count     Increase verbosity level [-v, -vv, -vvv]
  -w, --wait              Wait for the resource to reach AVAILABLE state after the command completes. No-op for list commands
```

## Examples

```
ionosctl compute user delete --user-id USER_ID --force
```