# serviceIdentities.delete Permanently soft-deletes the principal. Its stored credentials remain audit records but can no longer authenticate because their subject is deleted. Repeating an authorized delete succeeds without rewriting audit data. ```ts delete(id: string, requestOptions?: RequestOptions): Promise ``` [serviceIdentities](../serviceIdentities.md) · [TypeScript](../../typescript.md) Related types — open only those used by your request: - [RequestOptions](../models/RequestOptions.md)