In the user search result on the left pane of Oracle Identity Manager

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11.3.3.3.6 Deleting User This operation is available only if the user status is not Deleted.

If the user is currently disabled, and the Automatically Delete On attribute is set to a future date, then the disable operation fails, and a message is displayed stating that the user cannot be deleted because it is currently scheduled to be deleted at a future date. To delete a user: 1. In the user search result on the left pane of Oracle Identity Manager Administration, select a user. Alternatively, you can select the user from the search results of advanced search. In addition, you can perform this operation from the page that displays user details.

2. From the Action menu, select Delete User. Alternatively, you can click the Delete

User icon on the toolbar. If the user details page for the user is open, then you can click Delete User on the toolbar. A message is displayed asking for confirmation. 3. Click OK. A confirmation message is displayed stating that the user is successfully deleted.

4. Click OK to close the message box.

If you delete a user from the user detail page, then the successful completion refreshes the Attributes tab. If you perform this operation from a user list, such as simple or advanced search results, then the corresponding row in the list is refreshed. Sometimes, you might not want a delete operation to immediately delete the user. Instead, you might want a delete operation to disable the user for a predefined period of time, during which the delete operation can be canceled. After that predefined period of time, the user is deleted. This is called a delayed delete. To configure delayed delete in Oracle Identity Manager, you must define the Period to Delay User Delete configuration property, which specifies the predefined wait period in days to hold on the delete operation. If you do not want to configure delayed delete, then set the value of the Period to Delay User Delete configuration property to 0 or a negative number. After a user is deleted, if you want to disable the user entity with a date counter that specifies the date and time when the user must be permanently deleted, then set the value of the Period to Delay User Delete configuration property to greater than 0. Tip: If the user forgets the password and tries to retrieve it, then the challenge questions are prompted to the user. The user must enter the same answers provided while creating a password. You can configure the challenge questions for the users by using the Oracle Identity Manager Design Console. See Configuring Challenge Questions for the User in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Identity Manager.