# UserDelete Blacklists the user, disabling them. The user is not completely purged, therefore if you anticipate needing to create a user with the same name in the future, we suggest renaming the user before you delete it. ```text knife ionoscloud user delete USER_ID [USER_ID] ``` ## Available options: ### Required options: ```text ionoscloud_url: --url URL the Ionoscloud API URL extra_config_file: --extra-config EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH, -e EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH path to the additional config file ionoscloud_username: --username USERNAME, -u USERNAME your Ionoscloud username ionoscloud_password: --password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD your Ionoscloud password ionoscloud_token: --token PASSWORD your Ionoscloud access token ``` ## Example ```text knife ionoscloud user delete USER_ID [USER_ID]--url URL --extra-config EXTRA_CONFIG_FILE_PATH --username USERNAME --password PASSWORD --token PASSWORD ```