---
title: "Delete Kafka User"
method: DELETE
path: "/kafka-access/kafka-users/{username}"
tags: ["Kafka Access"]
---

# Delete Kafka User

`DELETE /kafka-access/kafka-users/{username}`

Delete a Kafka user (and its proxy, ACLs, SCRAM credentials).

If the user is linked to a Project Key the request still succeeds - the Project Key's
Kafka credentials become invalid but the API credentials (if any) keep working. The
response includes a warning message so the caller can surface it to the user. This is
intentional: the previous 409 created a deadlock for DELETE_FAILED PKs where neither
the PK nor its linked Kafka user could be removed.

## Path parameters

- `username` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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