Unlinking accounts

Privy enables you to unlink linked accounts from a user via their Privy DID and account type and handle. This means you can assist users who want to remove linked accounts by simply interacting with the Privy Dashboard or via an API call.

Note that embedded wallets and passkey accounts may not be unlinked. If an account is the only one linked to a user, it may not be unlinked either.

Using the dashboard

To unlink via the dashboard, navigate to the Users page and select the user. Unlink by clicking in the button besides the account to unlink and clicking Unlink account. Note that this option won't show if unlinking is not available for the account.

Using the REST API

Make a POST request to:

https://auth.privy.io/api/v1/apps/<privy-app-id>/users/unlink

Replace <privy-app-id> with your Privy app ID and pass in the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
`user_id`	`string`	Privy DID of the user
`type`	`'email' \| 'google_oauth' \| 'telegram' \| ...`	Linked account type
`handle`	`string`	The field that identifies the account, for example the `subject` field in OAuth accounts, the `address` in wallet accounts or the `telegram_user_id` in Telegram accounts.
`provider`	`string` (optional)	When unlinking `cross_app` type accounts, you also need to send a `provider` field that matches with the account's `provider_app_id` field.

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Looking for the types of LinkedAccounts?

See a list of the different account types and the data they include

Note:

Each account should be a JSON object including all the necessary fields for that account type.
- Valid account types are apple_oauth, 'custom_auth', 'discord_oauth', 'farcaster', 'github_oauth', 'google_oauth', 'instagram_oauth', 'linkedin_oauth', 'spotify_oauth', 'telegram', 'tiktok_oauth', 'twitter_oauth', 'email', 'phone' and 'wallet'.
If importing a user with a custom_auth account, the custom_auth account must be the only element of the linked_accounts array. It is not permitted to import a user with a custom_auth account and other linked_accounts.
You must exclude the verifiedAt field.
The SDK and REST API have different naming conventions. The SDK uses camelCase and the API uses snake_case.

CustomJwtAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'custom_auth'`	N/A
API: `custom_user_id` SDK: `customUserId`	`string`	ID of user from custom auth provider.

DiscordAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'discord_oauth'`	N/A
`subject`	`string`	ID of user from Discord user API response.
`email`	`string`	Email of user from Discord user API response.
`username`	`string`	Username of user from Discord user API response.

(See Discord docs)

EmailAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'email'`	N/A
`address`	`string`	Email address of user account.

FarcasterAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'farcaster'`	N/A
`fid`	`number`	FID of the user from Farcaster user API response.
API: `owner_address` SDK: `ownerAddress`	`string`	Wallet address of the user from Farcaster user API response. Note that this is the Farcaster wallet address, and not the Privy embedded wallet address.
`username`	`string`	(Optional) Username of user from Farcaster user API response. Do not include the '@'.
API: `display_name` SDK: `displayName`	`string`	(Optional) Display name of user from Farcaster user API response.
`bio`	`string`	(Optional) Bio of user from Farcaster user API response.
API: `profile_picture_url` SDK: `profilePictureUrl`	`string`	(Optional) Profile picture URL of the user from Farcaster user API response. Must be a valid image URL.
API: `homepage_url` SDK: `homepageUrl`	`string`	(Optional) Profile URL of the user from Farcaster user API response.

(See Farcaster docs. Note that the Privy import interface differs slightly from the Farcaster public interface in order to maintain consistency with other Privy LinkedAccount types.)

GithubAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'github_oauth'`	N/A
`subject`	`string`	ID of user from GitHub user API response.
`email`	`string`	Email of user from GitHub user API response
`name`	`string`	Name of user from GitHub user API response
`username`	`string`	Username of user from GitHub user API response

(See GitHub docs)

GoogleAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'google_oauth'`	N/A
`subject`	`string`	`sub` pulled from Google-provided JWT with "openid" scope.
`email`	`string`	`email` from Google-provided JWT with "email" scope.
`name`	`string`	`name` from Google-provided JWT with "profile" scope.

InstagramAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'instagram_oauth'`	N/A
`subject`	`string`	ID of user from Instagram user API response.
`username`	`string`	The name displayed on a user's profile from Instagram's `/me` API response.

(See Instagram docs)

LinkedinAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'linkedin_oauth'`	N/A
`subject`	`string`	ID of user from LinkedIn user API response.
`email`	`string`	Email of user from LinkedIn user API response
`name`	`string`	Name of user from LinkedIn user API response. Do not include the '@'.

(See Linkedin docs)

PhoneAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'phone'`	N/A
`number`	`string`	Phone number of user account (non-international numbers default to US).

While number is accepted as input, phoneNumber is returned in the response.

SmartWalletAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'smart_wallet'`	N/A
`address`	`string`	Checksummed smart wallet address.
`smart_wallet_type`	`SmartWalletType`	One of `'kernel'`, `'safe'`, `'biconomy'` or `'light_account'`

SpotifyAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'spotify_oauth'`	N/A
`subject`	`string`	ID of user from Spotify user API response.
`email`	`string`	Email of user from Spotify user API.
`name`	`string`	The name displayed on a user's profile from Spotify display_name API response.

(See Spotify docs)

TelegramAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'telegram'`	N/A
`telegram_user_id`	`string`	ID of a user's telegram account.
`first_name`	`string`	The first name displayed on a user's telegram account.
`last_name`	`string`	(Optional) The last name displayed on a user's telegram account.
`username`	`string`	(Optional) The username displayed on a user's telegram account.
`photo_url`	`string`	(Optional) The url of a user's telegram account profile picture.

(See Telegram docs)

TwitterAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'twitter_oauth'`	N/A
`subject`	`string`	ID of user from Twitter user API response.
`name`	`string`	Name of user from Twitter user API response
`username`	`string`	Username of user from Twitter user API response. Do not include the '@'.
API: `profile_picture_url` SDK: `profilePictureUrl`	`string`	(Optional) Profile picture URL of the user from Twitter user API response. Must be a valid image URL.

(See Twitter docs)

WalletAccount

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`'wallet'`	N/A
API: `chain_type` SDK: `chainType`	`'ethereum'`	Type of chain for the wallet. EVM chains (`'ethereum'`) and Solana (`'solana'`) are currently supported.
`address`	`string`	Checksummed wallet address.

Below is a sample cURL command for unlinking a user's email account:

bash

curl --request POST "https://auth.privy.io/api/v1/apps/<privy-app-id>/users/unlink" \
-u "<your-privy-app-id>:<your-privy-app-secret>" \
-H "privy-app-id: <your-privy-app-id>" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "user_id": "<user-did>",
  "type": "email",
  "handle": "test@privy.io"
}'

Below is a sample cURL command for unlinking a user's cross_app account:

bash

curl --request POST "https://auth.privy.io/api/v1/apps/<privy-app-id>/users/unlink" \
-u "<your-privy-app-id>:<your-privy-app-secret>" \
-H "privy-app-id: <your-privy-app-id>" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "user_id": "<user-did>",
  "type": "cross_app",
  "handle": "<account-subject>"
  "provider": "<account-provider-app-id>"
}'

If the unlinking is successful, the API will return a 200 status code.

If there's no account associated with the Privy DID that matches the type and handle, the API will return a 400 status code.

Unlinking accounts ​

Using the dashboard ​

Using the REST API ​

Unlinking accounts

Using the dashboard

Using the REST API