---
title: "Delete User"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/authentication/delete-user/
description: "This page describes the method to delete users from your Python application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2025-03-28T12:54:49Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Authentication Help"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/authentication/introduction
  - name: "SDK Scopes"
    url: /en/sdk/python/v1/sdk-scopes
---

# Delete a User

The [end-user of a Catalyst application](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/authentication/introduction) can be deleted from a Catalyst application to discontinue their access to it. This can be done by calling the `delete_user()` method and by passing the `UserID` of the user to be deleted as a parameter to it. This method returns a response as true when the user is deleted.

To know more about the component instance `authentication_service` used below, please refer to [this section](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/authentication/get-component-instance/).

**Parameters Used**

<table class="content-table">
	<thead>
		<tr>
	  <th class="w20p">Parameter Name</th>
	  <th class="w20p">Data Type</th>
      <th class="w60p">Definition</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>`UserID`</td>
			<td>`String`</td>
			<td>A **Mandatory** parameter. Will store the ID of the user to be deleted.</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

```python
#Delete an existing user
authentication_service = app.authentication()
delete_response = authentication_service.delete_user(2305000000007745)

```

> **Info :** Refer to the [SDK Scopes table](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/sdk-scopes) to determine the required permission level for performing the above operation.