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Delete users

post

/users/delete

core endpoint

Use this endpoint to delete any user profile by specifying a known user identifier.

Up to 50 external_ids, user_aliases, or braze_ids can be included in a single request. Only one of external_ids, user_aliases, or braze_ids can be included in a single request.

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Rate limit

For customers who onboarded with Braze on or after September 16, 2021, we apply a shared rate limit of 20,000 requests per minute to this endpoint. This rate limit is shared with the /users/alias/new, /users/identify, and /users/merge endpoints, as documented in API rate limits.

Request body

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Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR-REST-API-KEY

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{
  "external_ids" : (optional, array of string) External ids for the users to delete,
  "user_aliases" : (optional, array of user alias objects) User aliases for the users to delete,
  "braze_ids" : (optional, array of string) Braze user identifiers for the users to delete
}

Request parameters

Parameter Required Data Type Description
external_ids Optional Array of strings External identifiers for the users to delete.
user_aliases Optional Array of user alias object User aliases for the users to delete.
braze_ids Optional Array of strings Braze user identifiers for the users to delete.

Example request

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curl --location --request POST 'https://rest.iad-01.braze.com/users/delete' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-REST-API-KEY' \
--data-raw '{
  "external_ids": ["external_identifier1", "external_identifier2"],
  "braze_ids": ["braze_identifier1", "braze_identifier2"],
  "user_aliases": [
    {
      "alias_name": "user_alias1", "alias_label": "alias_label1"
    },
    {
      "alias_name": "user_alias2", "alias_label": "alias_label2"
    }
  ]
}'

Response

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Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR-REST-API-KEY
{
  "deleted" : (required, integer) number of user ids queued for deletion
}
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