Bulk Delete Users
Using the admin center in Microsoft Entra ID, part of Microsoft Entra, you can remove a large number of members to a group by using a comma-separated values (CSV) file to bulk delete users.
To bulk delete users
Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
Select Microsoft Entra ID.
Select Users > All users > Bulk operations > Bulk delete.
On the Bulk delete user page, select Download to download the latest version of the CSV template.
Open the CSV file and add a line for each user you want to delete. The only required value is User principal name. Save the file.
On the Bulk delete user page, under Upload your csv file, browse to the file. When you select the file and select submit, validation of the CSV file starts.
When the file contents are validated, you’ll see File uploaded successfully. If there are errors, you must fix them before you can submit the job.
When your file passes validation, select Submit to start the bulk operation that deletes the users.
When the deletion operation completes, you see a notification that the bulk operation succeeded.
CSV template structure
The rows in the example downloaded CSV template below are as follows:
Version number: The first row containing the version number must be included in the upload CSV.
Column headings:
User name [userPrincipalName] Required. Older versions of the template might vary.Examples row: We have included in the template an example of an acceptable value.
Example: chris@contoso.comYou must remove the example row and replace it with your own entries.
Check status
You can see the status of all of your pending bulk requests in the Bulk operation results page.
Next, you can check to see that the users you deleted exist in the Microsoft Entra organization either in the portal or by using PowerShell.
Verify deleted users
Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
Select Microsoft Entra ID.
Select All users only and verify that the users you deleted are no longer listed.
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