Delete users in IAM Identity Center - Amazon IAM Identity Center
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Delete users in IAM Identity Center

When you delete a user in your IAM Identity Center directory, it removes their access to Amazon Web Services accounts and applications. After a user is deleted it cannot be undone. Use the following procedure to delete a user in your Identity Center directory using the IAM Identity Center console.

Note

When you disable user access or delete a user in IAM Identity Center, that user will immediately be prevented from signing in to the Amazon Web Services access portal and will not be able to create new sign in sessions. For more information, see Authentication sessions.

To delete a user in IAM Identity Center
Important

The instructions on this page apply to Amazon IAM Identity Center. They do not apply to Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM). IAM Identity Center users, groups, and user credentials are different from IAM users, groups, and IAM user credentials. If you are looking for instructions on deleting users in IAM, see Deleting an IAM user in the Amazon Identity and Access Management User Guide.

  1. Open the IAM Identity Center console.

  2. Choose Users.

  3. There are two ways you can delete a user:

    • On the Users page, you can select multiple users for deletion. Select the username that you want to delete and choose Delete users.

    • Choose the username that you want to delete. On the user details page, choose Delete user.

  4. If you delete multiple users at once, confirm your intent by typing Delete in the Delete user dialog box.

  5. Choose Delete user. If you selected multiple users for deletion, choose Delete # users.