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User2.5 Delete

This topic describes how to delete an existing user

Parameters

NameTypeDirectionDescription
psAuthContextStringInOutDeprecated proprietary authentication context only used by .ASMX web services based on internal username/password authentication. Claims based security standards drive all the WCF .SVC web services making this parameter redundant.
psUserIdStringInThe element name of the user (e.g. VUSERADMIN)

Requirements are:
  • Only an Administrator user can delete a user.
Note that:
  • When you have an historical database, deleting a user can only be done if:
    • No other object references the user like last-modified-by, author, reviewer,...
    • No remaining event logging of the user
    • Not specified as the author on a baseline
  • Note that you can also deactivate and disable the user (see User.Update). A disabled user can no longer access the Content Manager repository.