# chainctl iam identities delete

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Last Modified: October 15, 2026
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## chainctl iam identities delete

Delete one or more identities.

### Synopsis

Delete one or more identities.

Deleting a delegate stops every future exchange of its grants. Grants are
stateless, so ones already minted for it are not revoked; they expire within
60 minutes.

```
chainctl iam identities delete {IDENTITY_NAME | IDENTITY_ID | --expired [--parent=PARENT]} [--yes]
```

### Examples

```
  # Delete an identity by name
  chainctl iam identities delete my-identity
  
  # Delete all expired static identities in an organization
  chainctl iam identities delete --expired --parent=my-org
  
  # Delete all expired static identities in every location, even with default.group set
  chainctl iam identities delete --expired --parent=""
```

### Options

```
      --expired         Delete all expired identities.
      --parent string   Name or ID of the parent location to delete expired identities from. Defaults to the default.group config value (env: CHAINGUARD_DEFAULT_GROUP).
  -y, --yes             Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run non-interactively.
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --api string         The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --audience string    The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --config string      A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
      --console string     The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
      --force-color        Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
  -h, --help               Help for chainctl
      --issuer string      The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
      --log-level string   Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
  -o, --output string      Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
  -v, --v int              Set the log verbosity level.
```

### SEE ALSO

* [chainctl iam identities](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_iam_identities/)	 - Identity management.