# serviceIdentities.delete Delete a service identity 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. ```java void delete(String id) ``` ```java void delete(java.util.UUID id) ``` UUID-typed overload. Forwards to the String-typed sibling via `toString()` on the promoted argument. [serviceIdentities](../serviceIdentities.md) · [Java](../../java.md)