Deleting one value from an attribute with multiple values

About this task

Use the LDIF delete subcommand to delete a specific attribute value from an attribute.

Steps

Run the ldapmodify tool from the command line.
Specify the modification using changetype:modify.
Specify the attribute pair that you want to delete using delete.

Example:

The following sample assumes you have multiple values of cn in an entry, such as cn: Sally Tree, cn: Sally Tea Tree. This sample keeps cn:Sally Tree and deletes the cn: Sally Tea Tree.
```
$ bin/ldapmodify -h server.example.com -p 389 -D "cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com" \
  -w password
dn: uid=user.2004,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
delete: cn
cn: Sally Tea Tree
```