Delete users
There are two ways to delete users in Clerk: through the Clerk Dashboard or using the Clerk API.
Delete users in the Clerk Dashboard
To delete users in the Clerk Dashboard:
- At the top of the Clerk Dashboard, select Users.
- You can either select the user and then in the side navigation menu, select Delete user, or select the menu icon on the right side of the user's row and select Delete user.
Delete users using the Clerk API
To delete users using the Clerk API, you can use the deleteUser() method from the users sub-api of the clerkClient instance.
import { clerkClient } from '@clerk/nextjs/server'
import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
export async function DELETE() {
const userId = 'user_123'
try {
const client = await clerkClient()
await client.users.deleteUser(userId)
return NextResponse.json({ message: 'User deleted' })
} catch (error) {
console.log(error)
return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Error deleting user' })
}
}import { clerkClient } from '@clerk/express'
app.post('/deleteUser', async (req, res) => {
const userId = req.body.userId
try {
await clerkClient.users.deleteUser(userId)
res.status(200).json({ message: 'User deleted' })
} catch (error) {
console.log(error)
res.status(500).json({ error: 'Error deleting user' })
}
})curl 'https://api.clerk.com/v1/users/{user_id}' -X DELETE -H 'Authorization:Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY' -H 'Content-Type:application/json'Feedback
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