```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
// Requires Node.js SDK v8.2.0 or later
import { AdminClient } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_CLIENT_ID and PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET from the environment
const admin = new AdminClient();

await admin.users.delete('YOUR_USER_ID');
```

```go Go theme={null}
// Requires Go SDK v6.0.0 or later
package main

import (
    "context"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v6/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    adminClient, err := pinecone.NewAdminClientWithContext(ctx, pinecone.NewAdminClientParams{
        ClientId:     os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_ID"),
        ClientSecret: os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create AdminClient: %v", err)
    }

    if err := adminClient.User.Delete(ctx, "YOUR_USER_ID"); err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to delete user: %v", err)
    }
}
```

```hcl Terraform theme={null}
# Requires Terraform provider v4.0.0 or later
# Users join by accepting an invite, so import the existing member first:
#   terraform import pinecone_user.teammate YOUR_USER_ID
# Then remove the resource block and run `terraform apply` to remove them
# from the organization.
resource "pinecone_user" "teammate" {
  id = "YOUR_USER_ID"
}
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PINECONE_USER_ID="YOUR_USER_ID"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/users/$PINECONE_USER_ID" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN"
```

**DELETE** `/admin/users/{user_id}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/users/{user_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="401"
{
  "error": {
    "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "The index exceeds the project quota of 5 pods by 2 pods. Upgrade your account or change the project settings to increase the quota."
  },
  "status": 429
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Path Parameters

- `user_id` (path, string, required) — User ID

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header

## Response

- `202` — User removal request accepted. The user's role bindings are revoked immediately; the user then returns 404, and repeating the request returns 404 as well.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not found
- `409` — Conflict. The request conflicts with the persisted state of the resource. Common causes include invariant violations (e.g., removing the last `OrgOwner`), lifecycle-state mismatches (e.g., resending an invite that is not pending), and constraint violations checked against persisted data.
- `500` — Internal server error.
- `4XX` — Unexpected error on request.

## Related pages

- [List users in the organization](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-users-list-users-in-the-organization.md)
- [Get user details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-users-get-user-details.md)
- [Remove a user from the organization](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-users-remove-a-user-from-the-organization.md)
- [List users in the organization](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-list-users.md)
- [Get user details](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-fetch-user.md)

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