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[@salesforce/b2c-tooling-sdk](../../modules.md) / [clients](../index.md) / deleteUser

# Function: deleteUser()

> **deleteUser**(`client`, `userId`): `Promise`\<`void`\>

Defined in: [packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/clients/am-api.ts:394](https://github.com/SalesforceCommerceCloud/b2c-developer-tooling/blob/e7c16f1ae423da0aa47b3e10be88f9770b53619b/packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/clients/am-api.ts#L394)

Disables a user (soft delete - sets userState to DELETED).
Users must be disabled before they can be purged.

## Parameters

### client

[`AccountManagerUsersClient`](../type-aliases/AccountManagerUsersClient.md)

Account Manager Users client

### userId

`string`

User ID

## Returns

`Promise`\<`void`\>

## Throws

Error if request fails