---
title: Remove a user from your InfluxDB cluster
description: Remove a user with administrative access from your InfluxDB cluster.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/clustered/admin/users/remove/
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date: '2025-03-13T17:02:04-06:00'
lastmod: '2025-03-13T17:02:04-06:00'
---

Remove a user with administrative access from your InfluxDB cluster:

1. Remove or deactivate the user in your identity provider.

   **Refer to your identity provider’s documentation for information about
   removing users:**

   * [Keycloak: Deleting a user ](https://www.keycloak.org/docs/latest/server_admin/#proc-deleting-user_server_administration_guide)
   * [Microsoft Entra ID: How to create, invite, and delete users ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/fundamentals/how-to-create-delete-users#delete-a-user)
   * [Auth0: Team member management ](https://auth0.com/docs/get-started/auth0-teams/team-member-management#delete-an-existing-team-member)

2. Remove the user from your InfluxDB `AppInstance` resource.
   You can edit your `AppInstance` resource directly in your `myinfluxdb.yml`,
   or, if you’re using the[InfluxDB Clustered Helm chart](https://github.com/influxdata/helm-charts/tree/master/charts/influxdb3-clustered),
   you can remove users from your `values.yaml` to modify your `AppInstance`resource.

   #### AppInstance ####

   If editing your `AppInstance` resource directly, remove the user from the list
   of users in the `spec.package.spec.admin.users` field in your `myinfluxdb.yml`configuration file–for example:

   ```
   apiVersion: kubecfg.dev/v1alpha1
   kind: AppInstance
   # ...
   spec:
     package:
       spec:
         admin:
           # ...
           users:
           - id: XXooXoXXooXXXoo1
             firstName: Marty
             lastName: McFly
             email: mcfly@influxdata.com
   -       - id: XXooXoXXooXXXoo2
   -         firstName: John
   -         lastName: Doe
   -         email: j.doe@influxdata.com

   ```

   If using the InfluxDB Clustered Helm chart, remove the user from the list of
   users in the `admin.users` field in your in your `values.yaml`–for example:

   ```
   admin:
     # ...
     users:
       - id: XXooXoXXooXXXoo1
         firstName: Marty
         lastName: McFly
         email: mcfly@influxdata.com
   -   - id: XXooXoXXooXXXoo2
   -     firstName: John
   -     lastName: Doe
   -     email: j.doe@influxdata.com

   ```

3. Apply the change to your InfluxDB cluster.

   * If updating the `AppInstance` resource directly, use `kubectl` to apply
     the change.
   * If using the InfluxDB Clustered Helm chart, use `helm` to apply the change.

#### kubectl ####

```bash
kubectl apply \
  --filename myinfluxdb.yml \
  --namespace influxdb
```

```bash
helm upgrade \
  influxdb \
  influxdata/influxdb3-clustered \
  -f ./values.yaml \
  --namespace influxdb
```

> [!Note]
> After you complete step 1 above, the removed user no longer has administrative
> access to your InfluxDB cluster.
> However, you should still remove them from your `AppInstance` resource.

#### Related

* [Set up administrative authentication](/influxdb3/clustered/install/secure-cluster/auth/)
* [Configure your InfluxDB cluster](/influxdb3/clustered/install/set-up-cluster/configure-cluster/)