You can use the LDIF changetype directive to delete an entry from the Directory Server using the ldapmodify tool.

Note:

You can only delete leaf entries.

  1. Delete an entry using the ldapmodify tool.
    1. From the command line run the ldapmodify tool with the changetype:delete option.
    2. Enter the distinguished name (DN) and press Enter to go to the next line.
    3. Enter the changetype directive.
    4. Press Ctrl+D twice to enter the end-of-file (EOF) sequence (UNIX) or Ctrl+Z (Windows). 
    $ bin/ldapmodify --hostname server1.example.com -port 389 --bindDN "uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com" --bindPassword password 
dn:uid=user.14,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com 
changetype: delete