# Disable or Delete User using CLI

**URL:** <https://forum.pritunl.com/t/disable-or-delete-user-using-cli/1776>\
**Category:** Pritunl VPN\
**Tags:** pritunl\
**Created:** [February 2, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/disable-or-delete-user-using-cli/1776 "2024-02-02T03:47:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![afahre](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@afahre](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/afahre)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/disable-or-delete-user-using-cli/1776/1 "2024-02-02T03:47:56Z")

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Hi, can I disable or delete a user using the command line in Pritunl Server?

I need that command because I will integrate with the user on LDAP, so when disabling the LDAP user, the user on pritunl vpn also disable using cli.

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**Author:** ![zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/zach/32/1105_2.png) [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/disable-or-delete-user-using-cli/1776/2 "2024-02-02T18:22:43Z")

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There’s no CLI option for removing users.

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**Author:** ![kkalugeroff](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/kkalugeroff/32/1298_2.png) [@kkalugeroff](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/kkalugeroff)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/disable-or-delete-user-using-cli/1776/3 "2025-09-18T07:34:36Z")

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You can implement this kind of functionality using any programming language by your choice if you follow this guidance - [API Access](https://docs.pritunl.com/docs/api)  
I have managed to build custom API server in python on top of this API access functionalities that basically help me to reach my server/s in a program fashion