---
title: "List Identities"
method: GET
path: "/admin/identities"
tags: ["identity"]
---

# List Identities

`GET /admin/identities`

Lists all [identities](https://www.ory.com/docs/kratos/concepts/identity-user-model) in the system. Note: filters cannot be combined.

## Query parameters

- `per_page` integer
- `page` integer
- `page_size` integer
- `page_token` string
- `consistency` '' | 'strong' | 'eventual'
- `ids` string[]
- `credentials_identifier` string
- `preview_credentials_identifier_similar` string
- `include_credential` string[]
- `organization_id` string

## Response `200`

Paginated Identity List Response

- Identity[]
  - `created_at` string, date-time — CreatedAt is a helper struct field for gobuffalo.pop.
  - `credentials` object — Credentials represents all credentials that can be used for authenticating this identity.
  - `external_id` string — ExternalID is an optional external ID of the identity. This is used to link the identity to an external system. If set, the external ID must be unique across all identities.
  - `id` string, uuid, required — ID is the identity's unique identifier. The Identity ID can not be changed and can not be chosen. This ensures future compatibility and optimization for distributed stores such as CockroachDB.
  - `metadata_admin` NullJsonRawMessage — NullJSONRawMessage represents a json.RawMessage that works well with JSON, SQL, and Swagger and is NULLable-
  - `metadata_public` NullJsonRawMessage — NullJSONRawMessage represents a json.RawMessage that works well with JSON, SQL, and Swagger and is NULLable-
  - `organization_id` NullUUID — NullUUID can be used with the standard sql package to represent a UUID value that can be NULL in the database.
    - `UUID` string, uuid
    - `Valid` boolean
  - `recovery_addresses` RecoveryIdentityAddress[] — RecoveryAddresses contains all the addresses that can be used to recover an identity.
    - `break_glass_for_organization` NullUUID — NullUUID can be used with the standard sql package to represent a UUID value that can be NULL in the database.
      - `UUID` string, uuid
      - `Valid` boolean
    - `created_at` string, date-time — CreatedAt is a helper struct field for gobuffalo.pop.
    - `id` string, uuid
    - `updated_at` string, date-time — UpdatedAt is a helper struct field for gobuffalo.pop.
    - `value` string, required
    - `via` string, required
  - `region` 'eu-central' | 'asia-northeast' | 'us-east' | 'us-west' | 'eu' | 'asia' | 'us' | 'global' — Region is the Ory Network region this identity is homed in. Set by the multi-region persister; empty on OSS and single-region deployments. eu-central EUCentral asia-northeast AsiaNorthEast us-east USEast us-west USWest eu EU asia Asia us US global Global
  - `schema_id` string, required — SchemaID is the ID of the JSON Schema to be used for validating the identity's traits.
  - `schema_url` string, required — SchemaURL is the URL of the endpoint where the identity's traits schema can be fetched from. format: url
  - `state` 'active' | 'inactive' — State is the identity's state. This value has currently no effect. active StateActive inactive StateInactive
  - `state_changed_at` string, date-time
  - `traits` IdentityTraits, required — Traits represent an identity's traits. The identity is able to create, modify, and delete traits in a self-service manner. The input will always be validated against the JSON Schema defined in `schema_url`.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time — UpdatedAt is a helper struct field for gobuffalo.pop.
  - `verifiable_addresses` VerifiableIdentityAddress[] — VerifiableAddresses contains all the addresses that can be verified by the user.
    - `created_at` string, date-time — When this entry was created
    - `id` string, uuid — The ID
    - `status` string, required — VerifiableAddressStatus must not exceed 16 characters as that is the limitation in the SQL Schema
    - `updated_at` string, date-time — When this entry was last updated
    - `value` string, required — The address value example foo@user.com
    - `verified` boolean, required — Indicates if the address has already been verified
    - `verified_at` string, date-time
    - `via` 'email' | 'sms', required — The delivery method

## Other responses

- `default` — errorGeneric

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