[role="xpack"]
[[security-api-disable-user]]
=== Disable users API
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<titleabbrev>Disable users</titleabbrev>
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Disables users in the native realm. 


[[security-api-disable-user-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`PUT /_security/user/<username>/_disable` 


[[security-api-disable-user-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster privilege.

[[security-api-disable-user-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

By default, when you create users, they are enabled. You can use this API to 
revoke a user's access to {es}. To re-enable a user, there is an 
<<security-api-enable-user,enable users API>>. 

For more information about the native realm, see 
<<realms>> and <<native-realm>>. 

[[security-api-disable-user-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`username`::
  (Required, string) An identifier for the user.


[[security-api-disable-user-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example disables the user `jacknich`:

[source,console]
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PUT /_security/user/jacknich/_disable
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// TEST[setup:jacknich_user]
