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title: Removing a PingID user
description: Permanently remove a PingID service user.
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page_id: pingid:pingid_user_life_cycle_management:pid_removing_a_pid_user
canonical_url: http://docs.pingidentity.com/pingid/pingid_user_life_cycle_management/pid_removing_a_pid_user.html
revdate: January 23, 2024
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  result: Result:
---

# Removing a PingID user

Permanently remove a PingID service user.

## About this task

This might be necessary if a user has left your organization. For more information, see [Disabling a user's service](pid_disabling_a_users_service.html).

## Steps

1. In the PingOne admin portal, go to **Users → Users by Service**.

2. From the list of services, click **PingID**.

3. Click the **Expand** icon, to expand the user activity panel for the relevant user. ![Screen capture showing the expanded user activity panel for a user in PingOne. The screen capture shows three expandable sections: Single Sign-On, Provisioning, and PingID.](_images/imr1564020532881.png)

4. Click **PingID** to expand the entry.

5. To remove a user from a specific service, click the **Pencil** icon next to the relevant service, and then click **Remove**.

6. When prompted, confirm that you want to remove the service. ![Screen capture of the PingOne admin portal, PingID Services section, showing the Pencil icon for SSO service and the popup menu for the Disable, Bypass, Remove and Multi-select options when editing a user,](_images/ick1564020536365.png)

   ### Result:

   The user is removed from the selected service.

7. To remove the user from all services, click **Remove from PingID**. ![Screen capture of PingOne admin portal, in the PingID section, showing Pencil icon for PingID service for a user and the popup menu for the Disable and Remove from PingID options when editing a user,](_images/qbh1564020536950.png)