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mc admin user rm

Syntax

The mc admin user rm command removes a MinIO user on the target MinIO deployment.

The mc admin user remove command has equivalent functionality to mc admin user rm.

To manage external Identity Provider users, see OIDC or AD/LDAP.

The following command removes user myuser on the myminio MinIO deployment:

mc admin user rm myminio myuser

Removes a user on the target MinIO deployment.

The command has the following syntax:

mc [GLOBALFLAGS] admin user remove    \
                            ALIAS     \
                            USERNAME
  • Brackets [] indicate optional parameters.
  • Parameters sharing a line are mutually dependent.
  • Parameters separated using the pipe | operator are mutually exclusive.

Copy the example to a text editor and modify as-needed before running the command in the terminal/shell.

Parameters

ALIAS

mc-cmd

Required

The alias of the configured MinIO deployment with the user to remove.

USERNAME

mc-cmd

Required

The username of the user to remove.

Global Flags

This command supports any of the global flags.

Example

Remove a User

Use mc admin user rm to remove a user from a MinIO deployment:

mc admin user rm ALIAS USERNAME
  • Replace ALIAS with the alias of the MinIO deployment.
  • Replace USERNAME with the username of the user to remove.

Behavior

S3 Compatibility

SILO is the supported server for PGSTY mcli; compatibility with upstream MinIO and other S3 services is best effort.

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