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Use DeleteUser with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

Use DeleteUser with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DeleteUser.

Action examples are code excerpts from larger programs and must be run in context. You can see this action in context in the following code examples:

C++
SDK for C++
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration clientConfig; // Optional: Set to the AWS Region (overrides config file). // clientConfig.region = "us-east-1"; Aws::CognitoIdentityProvider::CognitoIdentityProviderClient client(clientConfig); Aws::CognitoIdentityProvider::Model::DeleteUserRequest request; request.SetAccessToken(accessToken); Aws::CognitoIdentityProvider::Model::DeleteUserOutcome outcome = client.DeleteUser(request); if (outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cout << "The user " << userName << " was deleted." << std::endl; } else { std::cerr << "Error with CognitoIdentityProvider::DeleteUser. " << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; }
  • For API details, see DeleteUser in AWS SDK for C++ API Reference.

CLI
AWS CLI

To delete a user

This example deletes a user.

Command:

aws cognito-idp delete-user --access-token ACCESS_TOKEN
  • For API details, see DeleteUser in AWS CLI Command Reference.

Go
SDK for Go V2
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

import ( "context" "errors" "log" "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws" "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cognitoidentityprovider" "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cognitoidentityprovider/types" ) type CognitoActions struct { CognitoClient *cognitoidentityprovider.Client } // DeleteUser removes a user from the user pool. func (actor CognitoActions) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, userAccessToken string) error { _, err := actor.CognitoClient.DeleteUser(ctx, &cognitoidentityprovider.DeleteUserInput{ AccessToken: aws.String(userAccessToken), }) if err != nil { log.Printf("Couldn't delete user. Here's why: %v\n", err) } return err }
  • For API details, see DeleteUser in AWS SDK for Go API Reference.

JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

/** * Delete the signed-in user. Useful for allowing a user to delete their * own profile. * @param {{ region: string, accessToken: string }} config * @returns {Promise<[import("@aws-sdk/client-cognito-identity-provider").DeleteUserCommandOutput | null, unknown]>} */ export const deleteUser = async ({ region, accessToken }) => { try { const client = new CognitoIdentityProviderClient({ region }); const response = await client.send( new DeleteUserCommand({ AccessToken: accessToken }), ); return [response, null]; } catch (err) { return [null, err]; } };
  • For API details, see DeleteUser in AWS SDK for JavaScript API Reference.

SDK for C++
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration clientConfig; // Optional: Set to the AWS Region (overrides config file). // clientConfig.region = "us-east-1"; Aws::CognitoIdentityProvider::CognitoIdentityProviderClient client(clientConfig); Aws::CognitoIdentityProvider::Model::DeleteUserRequest request; request.SetAccessToken(accessToken); Aws::CognitoIdentityProvider::Model::DeleteUserOutcome outcome = client.DeleteUser(request); if (outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cout << "The user " << userName << " was deleted." << std::endl; } else { std::cerr << "Error with CognitoIdentityProvider::DeleteUser. " << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; }
  • For API details, see DeleteUser in AWS SDK for C++ API Reference.

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