Deleting users

Clerk currently supports deleting users through our backend API. Below are examples using both our clerkClient helper and cURL:

cURL

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curl -XDELETE -H 'Authorization: CLERK_SECRET_KEY' 'https://api.clerk.com/v1/users/{user_id}'

clerkClient

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import { clerkClient } from "@clerk/nextjs/server";
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export default async function handler(req, res) {
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  const userId = req.body.userId;
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  try {
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    await clerkClient.users.deleteUser(userId);
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    return res.status(200).json({ message: 'Success' });
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  }
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  catch (error) {
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    console.log(error);
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    return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Error deleting user' });
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  }
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}
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