# Delete a user

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`DELETE /admin/users/{username}`

Deleting a user will delete all their repositories, gists, applications, and personal settings. [Suspending a user](https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.0/rest/reference/enterprise-admin#suspend-a-user) is often a better option.

You can delete any user account except your own.

## Parameters

### `username`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

## Responses

### `204`

Response

## Request examples

### cURL

```shell
curl --request DELETE \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/admin/users/{username}
```