---
title: "Enable or Disable a User"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/authentication/enable-disable-user/
description: "This page describes the method to enable or disable a user in your Python application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2025-11-19T15:07:41Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Authentication Help"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/authentication/introduction
  - name: "Enable or Disable a User in the Console"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/authentication/user-management/users/implementation/#enable-or-disable-a-user
  - name: "SDK Scopes"
    url: /en/sdk/python/v1/sdk-scopes
---

# Enable or Disable a User

Catalyst allows you to [disable or enable a user](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/authentication/user-management/users/implementation/#enable-or-disable-a-user) at any time. A disabled user will be signed up to your application but will not be able to access your application.

The SDK snippet below demonstrates enabling and disabling an end-user using the `update_user_status(userId, user_status)` method. 

The user is referred by their unique [User ID](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/authentication/user-management/users/introduction/). You can find the User IDs of all users by navigating to the *Users* > [*User Management*](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/authentication/user-management/introduction/) section of the Authentication component.

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/).

### To Enable a User

**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 hold the UserID of the user to be enabled for the application.</td>
		</tr>
    <tr>
			<td>`user_status`</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>A **Mandatory** parameter. Will hold the default value "enable".</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

```python
authentication_service = app.authentication()
user_details = authentication_service.update_user_status('6759000000124659', 'enable') # Replace the user id

```

### To Disable a User

**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 hold the UserID of the user to be disabled for the application.</td>
		</tr>
    <tr>
			<td>`user_status`</td>
			<td>`String`</td>
			<td>A **Mandatory** parameter.  Will hold the default value "disable"</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

```python
authentication_service = app.authentication()
user_details = authentication_service.update_user_status('6759000000124659', 'disable') # Replace the user id

```

> **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.