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DELETE
/
apps
/
{app_id}
/
users
/
by
/
{alias_label}
/
{alias_id}
cURL
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.onesignal.com/apps/{app_id}/users/by/{alias_label}/{alias_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>'
import Onesignal from '@onesignal/node-onesignal';

const configuration = Onesignal.createConfiguration({
restApiKey: 'YOUR_REST_API_KEY',
});
const apiInstance = new Onesignal.DefaultApi(configuration);

// string
const appId: string = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
// string
const aliasLabel: string = "external_id";
// string
const aliasId: string = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID";

try {
const response = await apiInstance.deleteUser(appId, aliasLabel, aliasId);
console.log(response);
} catch (e) {
if (e instanceof Onesignal.ApiException) {
// `e.errorMessages` flattens any error-envelope shape to a `string[]`;
// the raw parsed body remains on `e.body`.
console.error("deleteUser failed: HTTP " + e.code, e.errorMessages);
} else {
throw e;
}
}
import onesignal
from onesignal.api import default_api
from onesignal.models import *
from pprint import pprint

# See configuration.py for a list of all supported configuration parameters.
# Some of the OneSignal endpoints require ORGANIZATION_API_KEY token for authorization, while others require REST_API_KEY.
# We recommend adding both of them in the configuration page so that you will not need to figure it out yourself.
configuration = onesignal.Configuration(
rest_api_key = "YOUR_REST_API_KEY", # App REST API key required for most endpoints
organization_api_key = "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_API_KEY" # Organization key is only required for creating new apps and other top-level endpoints
)


# Enter a context with an instance of the API client
with onesignal.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
# Create an instance of the API class
api_instance = default_api.DefaultApi(api_client)
app_id = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
alias_label = "external_id"
alias_id = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID"

try:
api_instance.delete_user(app_id, alias_label, alias_id)
except onesignal.ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling DefaultApi->delete_user: %s\n" % e)
print("Status Code: %s" % e.status)
print("Response Body: %s" % e.body)
<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');


// Configure Bearer authorization: rest_api_key
$config = onesignal\client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()
->setRestApiKeyToken('YOUR_REST_API_KEY')
->setOrganizationApiKeyToken('YOUR_ORGANIZATION_API_KEY');



$apiInstance = new onesignal\client\Api\DefaultApi(
// If you want use custom http client, pass your client which implements `GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface`.
// This is optional, `GuzzleHttp\Client` will be used as default.
new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
$config
);
$app_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'; // string
$alias_label = 'external_id'; // string
$alias_id = 'YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID'; // string

try {
$apiInstance->deleteUser($app_id, $alias_label, $alias_id);
} catch (\onesignal\client\ApiException $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling DefaultApi->deleteUser: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
echo 'Status Code: ', $e->getCode(), PHP_EOL;
// getErrorMessages() flattens any error-envelope shape to a string[];
// the raw body remains on getResponseBody().
echo 'Error Messages: ', implode(', ', $e->getErrorMessages()), PHP_EOL;
echo 'Response Body: ', $e->getResponseBody(), PHP_EOL;
} catch (\Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling DefaultApi->deleteUser: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
package main

import (
"context"
"fmt"
"os"

"github.com/OneSignal/onesignal-go-api/v5"
)

func main() {
appId := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" // string |
aliasLabel := "external_id" // string |
aliasId := "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID" // string |

configuration := onesignal.NewConfiguration()
apiClient := onesignal.NewAPIClient(configuration)

restAuth := context.WithValue(context.Background(), onesignal.RestApiKey, "YOUR_REST_API_KEY") // App REST API key required for most endpoints

r, err := apiClient.DefaultApi.DeleteUser(restAuth, appId, aliasLabel, aliasId).Execute()

if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `DefaultApi.DeleteUser``: %v\n", err)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
if apiErr, ok := err.(*onesignal.GenericOpenAPIError); ok {
// ErrorMessages() flattens any error-envelope shape to a []string;
// the raw body remains on Body().
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error Messages: %v\n", apiErr.ErrorMessages())
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Response Body: %s\n", apiErr.Body())
}
}
}
require 'onesignal'
# setup authorization
OneSignal.configure do |config|
# Configure Bearer authorization: rest_api_key
config.rest_api_key = 'YOUR_REST_API_KEY'

end

api_instance = OneSignal::DefaultApi.new
app_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' # String |
alias_label = 'external_id' # String |
alias_id = 'YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID' # String |

begin

api_instance.delete_user(app_id, alias_label, alias_id)
rescue OneSignal::ApiError => e
puts "Error when calling DefaultApi->delete_user: #{e}"
puts "Status Code: #{e.code}"
# `e.error_messages` flattens any error-envelope shape to an Array<String>;
# the raw body remains on `e.response_body`.
puts "Error Messages: #{e.error_messages}"
puts "Response Body: #{e.response_body}"
end
// Import classes:
import com.onesignal.client.ApiClient;
import com.onesignal.client.ApiException;
import com.onesignal.client.Configuration;
import com.onesignal.client.auth.*;
import com.onesignal.client.model.*;
import com.onesignal.client.api.DefaultApi;

public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApiClient defaultClient = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
defaultClient.setBasePath("https://api.onesignal.com");

// Configure HTTP bearer authorization: rest_api_key
HttpBearerAuth rest_api_key = (HttpBearerAuth) defaultClient.getAuthentication("rest_api_key");
rest_api_key.setBearerToken("YOUR_REST_API_KEY");

DefaultApi apiInstance = new DefaultApi(defaultClient);
String appId = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"; // String |
String aliasLabel = "external_id"; // String |
String aliasId = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID"; // String |
try {
apiInstance.deleteUser(appId, aliasLabel, aliasId);
} catch (ApiException e) {
System.err.println("Exception when calling DefaultApi#deleteUser");
System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
// getErrorMessages() flattens any error-envelope shape to a List<String>;
// the raw body remains on getResponseBody().
System.err.println("Error messages: " + e.getErrorMessages());
System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using OneSignalApi.Api;
using OneSignalApi.Client;
using OneSignalApi.Model;

namespace Example
{
public class DeleteUserExample
{
public static void Main()
{
Configuration config = new Configuration();
config.BasePath = "https://api.onesignal.com";
// Configure Bearer token for authorization: rest_api_key
config.AccessToken = "YOUR_REST_API_KEY";

var apiInstance = new DefaultApi(config);
var appId = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"; // string |
var aliasLabel = "external_id"; // string |
var aliasId = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID"; // string |

try
{
apiInstance.DeleteUser(appId, aliasLabel, aliasId);
}
catch (ApiException e)
{
Debug.Print("Exception when calling DefaultApi.DeleteUser: " + e.Message );
Debug.Print("Status Code: "+ e.ErrorCode);
// e.ErrorMessages flattens any error-envelope shape to an IReadOnlyList<string>;
// the raw body remains on e.ErrorContent.
Debug.Print("Error Messages: " + string.Join(", ", e.ErrorMessages));
Debug.Print("Response Body: " + e.ErrorContent);
Debug.Print(e.StackTrace);
}
}
}
}
use onesignal_rust_api::apis::configuration::Configuration;
use onesignal_rust_api::apis::default_api;


#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
let mut configuration = Configuration::new();
configuration.rest_api_key_token = Some("YOUR_REST_API_KEY".to_string());


// Realistic values are pulled from the spec's `example:` fields where present.
let app_id: &str = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
let alias_label: &str = "external_id";
let alias_id: &str = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID";

match default_api::delete_user(&configuration, app_id, alias_label, alias_id).await {
Ok(_) => println!("delete_user succeeded"),
Err(e @ onesignal_rust_api::apis::Error::ResponseError(_)) => {
// `e.error_messages()` flattens any error-envelope shape to a Vec<String>;
// the raw response remains on the ResponseError variant.
eprintln!("delete_user failed: {:?}", e.error_messages());
}
Err(e) => eprintln!("delete_user failed: {:?}", e),
}
}
{
  "identity": {
    "onesignal_id": "567491ee-9105-4a87-9cbc-ed78a571645b"
  }
}
{
"errors": [
{
"code": "internal error code",
"title": "example error title",
"meta": {}
}
]
}
{
"errors": [
{
"code": "auth-1",
"title": "This operation requires 'Authorization' in the HTTP header"
}
]
}
{
"errors": [
{
"code": "internal error code",
"title": "example error title",
"meta": {}
}
]
}
{
"errors": [
{
"code": "Subscription Limit Exceeded",
"title": "Example error title",
"meta": {}
}
]
}
{
"errors": [
{
"code": "Rate Limit Exceeded",
"title": "API rate limit exceeded"
}
]
}
{
"errors": [
"Service temporarily unavailable"
]
}

Overview

Use this API to permanently delete a user from your OneSignal project, including all associated subscriptions, properties, and aliases. The operation is asynchronous—user data will be deleted shortly after the request is accepted.

How to use this API

To delete a user, you must be able to identify them using one of the following alias types:
  • external_id (recommended and most common)
  • onesignal_id
  • A custom Alias that you have set
Pass the appropriate alias_label and corresponding alias_id in the request path.
This operation deletes all data associated with the user, including:
  • All identity aliases
  • All channel subscriptions (push, email, SMS, etc.)
  • All custom user properties

Because this is an irreversible operation, be sure that you really intend to delete the user and all their data.

Headers

Authorization
string
default:Key YOUR_APP_API_KEY
required

Your App API key with prefix Key. See Keys & IDs.

Path Parameters

app_id
string
required

Your OneSignal App ID in UUID v4 format. See Keys & IDs.

alias_label
string
required

The alias name or key to locate the user. Most commonly set as external_id but can be the onesignal_id or a custom alias.

alias_id
string
required

The specific identifier for the given alias to identify the user.

Response

202

identity
object