Delete a Database User¶

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Syntax
Example Request
- Request
- Response

Base URL: https://cloud.mongodb.com/

The Atlas API uses HTTP Digest Authentication. Provide your Atlas username as the username and group API key as the password as part of the HTTP request.

This endpoint requires that the Atlas user has the Owner role. To view the available Atlas users, click on Users in the left-hand navigation.

For complete documentation on configuring API access for an Atlas group, see Configure Atlas API Access.

Syntax¶

DELETE /api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/databaseUsers/admin/{USERNAME}

Request Path Parameters¶

Parameter	Required/Optional	Description
`GROUP-ID`	Required.	The unique identifier for the group.
`USERNAME`	Required.	The username to delete

Request Query Parameters¶

Field Required/Optional Description

envelope

Optional.

A boolean that specifies whether or not to wrap the response in an envelope.

Defaults to false. For more information, see Envelopes.

Request Body Parameters¶

This endpoint does not use HTTP request body parameters.

Response Elements¶

This endpoint does not return HTTP response elements.

Example Request¶

Request¶

Important

You must modify the following code block with the appropriate credentials and group ID.

curl -i -u "username:apiKey" --digest -X DELETE "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/5356823b3794dee37132bb7b/databaseUsers/admin/elsa"

Response¶

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{}

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