Disable user access in IAM Identity Center - Amazon IAM Identity Center
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Disable user access in IAM Identity Center

When you disable user access in your IAM Identity Center directory, you cannot edit their user details, reset their password, add the user to a group, or view their group membership. Use the following procedure to disable user access 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 disable user access in IAM Identity Center

  1. Open the IAM Identity Center console.

    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 deactivating users in IAM, see Managing IAM users in the Amazon Identity and Access Management User Guide.

  2. Choose Users.

  3. Select the username of the user whose access you want to disable.

  4. Below the username of the user whose access you want to disable, in the General information section, choose Disable user access.

  5. In the Disable user access dialog box, choose Disable user access.