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atlas dbusers delete
Remove the specified database user from your project.
To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Project Owner role.
Syntax
Command Syntax
atlas dbusers delete <username> [options]
Arguments
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. |
Options
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. |
Inherited Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-P, --profile | string | false | Name of the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings. |
Output
If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.
DB user '<Name>' deleted
Examples
# 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