# users.delete Delete a human user Permanently soft-deletes the user and invalidates credentials acting for that subject. The GoodMem instance owner cannot be deleted; transfer ownership first. Repeating an authorized delete succeeds without rewriting audit data. ```java void delete(String id) ``` ```java void delete(ai.pairsys.goodmem.client.models.UserId id) ``` Domain-ID typed overload. Forwards to the String-typed sibling via `toString()` on the promoted argument. ```java void delete(java.util.UUID id) ``` UUID-typed overload. Forwards to the String-typed sibling via `toString()` on the promoted argument. [users](../users.md) · [Java](../../java.md) Related types — open only those used by your request: - [UserId](../models/UserId.md)