# Deactivate user

Source: https://business-api-docs.youhodler.com/docs/api/reference/users/users-deactivate

## Request

**Request URL — POST**
```http
POST /users/{user_id}/deactivate
```

**Request Body — application/json**
```json
{
  "reason": null
}
```

## Responses

**201 Resource created successfully**

Resource created successfully.

```json
{
  "created_at": "2026-05-01T10:00:00Z",
  "display_name": "Jane Doe",
  "email": "jane.doe@acme.example",
  "etag": "W/\"a1b2c3d4\"",
  "federation": null,
  "id": "b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
  "identity_source": "platform-managed",
  "resource": "human_actor",
  "scope_ref": "enterprises/b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
  "status": "active",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-01T10:00:00Z"
}
```

**400 Invalid request payload**

Invalid request payload, query, or parameter shape.

```json
{
  "code": "invalid_request",
  "details": {
    "reason": "capability_scope_mismatch"
  },
  "message": "A required field is missing or invalid"
}
```

**401 Caller is not authenticated or the bearer token is invalid**

Caller is not authenticated or the bearer token is invalid.

```json
{
  "code": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Authentication required."
}
```

**403 Caller lacks the required capability or permitted scope**

Caller lacks the required capability or permitted scope.

```json
{
  "code": "forbidden_capability_scope",
  "details": {
    "reason": "missing_capability"
  },
  "message": "The caller lacks the required capability for this scope"
}
```

**404 Resource not found**

Resource not found.

```json
{
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "details": {
    "reason": "human_actor_not_found"
  },
  "message": "The requested user does not exist"
}
```

**409 State conflict — the request cannot be applied to the current resource state**

State conflict — the request cannot be applied to the current resource state.

```json
{
  "code": "state_conflict",
  "details": {
    "reason": "state_conflict"
  },
  "message": "The request cannot be applied to the current resource state."
}
```

**422 Operation is not admissible — it violates a business rule**

Operation is not admissible — it violates a business rule, policy constraint, or lifecycle precondition specific to this resource.

```json
{
  "code": "not_admissible",
  "details": {
    "reason": "not_applicable"
  },
  "message": "The request was rejected by admissibility policy"
}
```

**429 Request rate limit exceeded**

Request rate limit exceeded. Retry after the delay indicated in the `details.retry_after_ms` field.

```json
{
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "details": {
    "retry_after_ms": 5000
  },
  "message": "Too many requests."
}
```

**502 Upstream service returned an unexpected error**

Upstream service returned an unexpected error.

```json
{
  "code": "upstream_error",
  "message": "An upstream service returned an unexpected error."
}
```

**503 Service is temporarily unavailable**

Service is temporarily unavailable; retry with backoff.

```json
{
  "code": "temporarily_unavailable",
  "details": {
    "reason": "federation_discovery_failed"
  },
  "message": "A downstream service is temporarily unavailable"
}
```

**Related endpoints:**

- `POST` [Suspend user](/docs/api/reference/users/users-suspend) — Suspend before deactivating
- `GET` [Get user](/docs/api/reference/users/users-get) — Read current status