Deleting users
Clerk currently supports deleting users through our backend API.
The deleteUser() method takes a single argument: the user ID of the user you want to delete. It can be accessed from the users sub-api of the clerkClient instance.
import { clerkClient } from "@clerk/nextjs";
import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
export async function DELETE(request: Request) {
const { userId } = await request.body.json();
try {
await clerkClient.users.deleteUser(userId);
return NextResponse.json({ message: 'Success' });
}
catch (error) {
console.log(error);
return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Error deleting user' });
}
}import { clerkClient } from "@clerk/nextjs/server";
import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
const userId = req.body.userId;
try {
await clerkClient.users.deleteUser(userId);
return res.status(200).json({ message: 'Success' });
}
catch (error) {
console.log(error);
return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Error deleting user' });
}
}import { clerkClient } from "@clerk/clerk-sdk-node";
app.post('/deleteUser', (req, res) => {
const userId = req.body.userId;
try {
await clerkClient.users.deleteUser(userId);
return res.status(200).json({ message: 'Success' });
}
catch (error) {
console.log(error);
return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Error deleting user' });
}
});curl -XDELETE -H 'Authorization: CLERK_SECRET_KEY' 'https://api.clerk.com/v1/users/{user_id}'