Summary

The removeUser() mutation removes a user account from LogScale, identified by username. Use this mutation when you know the username of the account to delete. If you have the user's unique identifier instead, use removeUserById().

API Stability Long-Term
Security Requirement & Control ManageUsers API permission

Syntax

graphql
removeUser(
      input: RemoveUserInput!
   ): RemoveUserMutation!

The mutation accepts a required input argument of type RemoveUserInput. Provide the username of the account to remove in the username field. See the Input Parameters section for details.

The mutation returns a non-null RemoveUserMutation object. Request the user field to confirm the removed account's details.

Example

Raw
graphql
mutation {
  removeUser(input:
     { username: "bob" } 
  )
  { user { id, firstName } }
}
Mac OS or Linux (curl)
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  removeUser(input:
     { username: \"bob\" } 
  )
  { user { id, firstName } }
}"
}
EOF
Mac OS or Linux (curl) One-line
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  removeUser(input:
     { username: \"bob\" } 
  )
  { user { id, firstName } }
}"
}
EOF
Windows Cmd and curl
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "mutation { ^
  removeUser(input: ^
     { username: \"bob\" }  ^
  ) ^
  { user { id, firstName } } ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "mutation {
  removeUser(input:
     { username: \"bob\" } 
  )
  { user { id, firstName } }
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"
Perl
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $query = "mutation {
  removeUser(input:
     { username: \"bob\" } 
  )
  { user { id, firstName } }
}";
$query =~ s/\n/ /g;
my $json = sprintf('{"query" : "%s"}',$query);
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";
Python
python
#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "mutation {
  removeUser(input:
     { username: \"bob\" } 
  )
  { user { id, firstName } }
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)
Node.js
javascript
const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "mutation {
  removeUser(input:
     { username: \"bob\" } 
  )
  { user { id, firstName } }
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL',
  path: 'graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();
Example Responses
Success (HTTP Response Code 200 OK)
json
{
  "data": {
    "removeUser": {
      "user": {
        "id": "abc123",
        "firstName": "Bob"
      }
    }
  }
}

Input Parameters

The input requires a single required field: the username of the account to remove. The following table describes the RemoveUserInput type:

Table: RemoveUserInput Input Datatype

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityAvailabilityDescription
Some input parameters may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return values, this indicates that you are assured a value if the field is requested for the results. 
Table last updated: Oct 14, 2026 
usernameStringyes Long-Term The user name of the user to remove.

Returned Values

The mutation returns a RemoveUserMutation object containing the removed user's account data. The user field returns a non-null User type with profile details, permissions, group memberships, and asset access information. Request specific fields to confirm the deletion or audit the removed account. Select the special datatypes to see their available subfields.

Table: RemoveUserMutation Datatype

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityAvailabilityDescription
Some input parameters may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return values, this indicates that you are assured a value if the field is requested for the results. 
Table last updated: Oct 14, 2026 
userUseryes Long-Term The user to remove from the mutation. See User.