SCIM Delete operation

Last modified 14 Sep 2026 07:59 UTC
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For a well-behaved SCIM 2.0 server, delete works out of the box — no operation script is required.

This document is part of the SCIM 2.0 connector tutorial. See Introduction to SCIMREST framework for other topics.

Built-in delete

The built-in handler issues a DELETE {resource endpoint}/{id} for the object’s UID and fails with ConnectorException ("Failed to delete SCIM resource") on transport or SCIM errors. The resource endpoint comes from the discovered resource type (see schema discovery).

Customization

To change the endpoint or the request, define a delete endpoint in an operation script — the same endpoint DSL as for REST operations (see REST delete):

objectClass("User") {
    delete {
        endpoint(DELETE, "/Users/{id}")
    }
}

Disabling delete

Use the generic operation enablement (see Delete script) when a resource type does not support deletion.

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