# DeleteUser
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Deletes the user belonging to a file transfer protocol-enabled server you specify.

No response returns from this operation.

**Note**  
When you delete a user from a server, the user's information is lost.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "ServerId": "string",
   "UserName": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [ServerId](#API_DeleteUser_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="TransferFamily-DeleteUser-request-ServerId"></a>
A system-assigned unique identifier for a server instance that has the user assigned to it.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 19.  
Pattern: `s-([0-9a-f]{17})`   
Required: Yes

 ** [UserName](#API_DeleteUser_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="TransferFamily-DeleteUser-request-UserName"></a>
A unique string that identifies a user that is being deleted from a server.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `[\w][\w@.-]{2,99}`   
Required: Yes

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InternalServiceError **   
This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the AWS Transfer Family service.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
This exception is thrown when the client submits a malformed request.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
This exception is thrown when a resource is not found by the AWSTransfer Family service.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ServiceUnavailableException **   
The request has failed because the AWSTransfer Family service is not available.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

## Examples
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### Example
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The following example deletes a Transfer Family user.

#### Sample Request
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```
{
   "ServerId": "s-01234567890abcdef",
   "UserNames": "my_user"
}
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/transfer-2018-11-05/DeleteUser)