{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "commands/acl-deluser",
  "title": "ACL DELUSER",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/acl-deluser/",
  "summary": "Deletes ACL users, and terminates their connections.",
  "since": "6.0.0",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "develop",
    "stack",
    "oss",
    "rs",
    "rc",
    "oss",
    "kubernetes",
    "clients"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-06-15T06:26:34-07:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "fd3615c9d43a69ac642607aa4498c2f453e84d3812521d34b5c8c9896852e713",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "Delete all the specified ACL users and terminate all the connections that are\nauthenticated with such users. Note: the special `default` user cannot be\nremoved from the system, this is the default user that every new connection\nis authenticated with. The list of users may include usernames that do not\nexist, in such case no operation is performed for the non existing users."
    },
    {
      "id": "required-arguments",
      "title": "Required arguments",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "<details open><summary><code>username [username ...]</code></summary>\n\nOne or more usernames to delete.\n\n</details>"
    },
    {
      "id": "examples",
      "title": "Examples",
      "role": "example",
      "text": "[code example]"
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility",
      "title": "Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style=\"min-width: 9em; display: table-cell\">Notes</span> |\n|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| <span title=\"Not supported\">&#x274c; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Not supported\"><nobr>&#x274c; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title=\"Not supported\">&#x274c; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Not supported\"><nobr>&#x274c; Active-Active</nobr></span> |  |"
    },
    {
      "id": "return-information",
      "title": "Return information",
      "role": "returns",
      "text": "**RESP2:**\n\n[Integer reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#integers): the number of users that were deleted. This number will not always match the number of arguments since certain users may not exist.\n\n**RESP3:**\n\n[Integer reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#integers): the number of users that were deleted. This number will not always match the number of arguments since certain users may not exist."
    }
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "id": "examples-ex0",
      "language": "plaintext",
      "code": "> ACL DELUSER antirez\n1",
      "section_id": "examples"
    }
  ]
}