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DELETE /v2.0/users/{userId}

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Delete a User

cURL

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/users/{userId} \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

Python

import requests

url = "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/users/{userId}"

headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

JavaScript (Fetch)

const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/users/{userId}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

PHP

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/users/{userId}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error ":" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

Go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/users/{userId}"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Unirest (Java)

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/users/{userId}")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/users/{userId}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Error Responses

Authorization

X-API-Key

• Type: string
• In: header
• Required: Yes
• Description: Supply the API Key in the HTTP-Header.

Headers

• Accept: Specifies the media type that the client expects in the response. Available options: application/json, application/hal+json, application/xml, text/xml, text/csv. Default value is application/json.

Path Parameters

• userId
  • Type: string
  • Required: Yes
  • Description: The Id of the User
  • Required string length: 24
  • Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]{24}$

Response

• 204: The user was removed successfully.

Last modified on July 8, 2026.