Deleting Users Does Not Delete Authenticators

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Last Updated: Jun 4, 2025

Overview

When users are deleted from the Dashboard, the API (/api/v2/guardian/enrollments/) can be used to retrieve the associated guardian_authenticators information.

Applies To

  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Solution

The MFA information of the user will be stored in the database until it is deleted from the user. To remove the MFA details along with the user, call the DELETE /api/v2/users/{id}/authenticators endpoint.

NOTE: If a user is recreated with the same user_id, the MFA will still apply to the newly created user.