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atlas dbusers delete

Remove the specified database user from your project.

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To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Project Owner role.

Command Syntax
atlas dbusers delete <username> [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

username

string

true

Username to delete from the MongoDB database. The format of the username depends on the user's method of authentication.

Name
Type
Required
Description

--authDB

string

false

Authentication database name. If the user authenticates with AWS IAM, x.509, or LDAP, this value should be $external. If the user authenticates with SCRAM-SHA, this value should be admin. This value defaults to "admin".

--force

false

Flag that indicates whether to skip the confirmation prompt before proceeding with the requested action.

-h, --help

false

help for delete

--projectId

string

false

Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.

Name
Type
Required
Description

-P, --profile

string

false

If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.

DB user '<Name>' deleted
# Delete the SCRAM SHA-authenticating database user named dylan for the project with the ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas dbusers delete dylan --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3
# Delete the AWS IAM-authenticating database user with the ARN arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/sales/enterprise/DylanBloggs for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3. Prepend $external with \ to escape the special-use character:
atlas dbusers delete arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/sales/enterprise/DylanBloggs --authDB \$external --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3
# Delete the xLDAP-authenticating database user with the RFC 2253 Distinguished Name CN=Dylan Bloggs,OU=Enterprise,OU=Sales,DC=Example,DC=COM for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3. Prepend $external with \ to escape the special-use character:
atlas dbusers delete CN=Dylan Bloggs,OU=Enterprise,OU=Sales,DC=Example,DC=COM --authDB \$external --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3

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