elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/security/delete-user.asciidoc

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:api: delete-user
:request: DeleteUserRequest
:response: DeleteUserResponse
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[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Delete User API

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Delete User Request

A user can be deleted as follows:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Delete Response

The returned +{response}+ allows to retrieve information about the executed
 operation as follows:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> whether the given user was found

include::../execution.asciidoc[]