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LDAPDELETE(1) General Commands Manual LDAPDELETE(1)
ldapdelete - LDAP delete entry tool
ldapdelete [-V[V]] [-d debuglevel] [-n] [-v] [-c] [-f file] [-r]
[-z sizelimit] [-M[M]] [-x] [-D binddn] [-W] [-w passwd]
[-y passwdfile] [-H ldapuri] [-P {2|3}] [-e [!]ext[=extparam]]
[-E [!]ext[=extparam]] [-o opt[=optparam]] [-O security-
properties] [-I] [-Q] [-N] [-U authcid] [-R realm] [-X authzid]
[-Y mech] [-Z[Z]] [DN [...]]
ldapdelete is a shell-accessible interface to the
ldap_delete_ext(3) library call.
ldapdelete opens a connection to an LDAP server, binds, and
deletes one or more entries. If one or more DN arguments are
provided, entries with those Distinguished Names are deleted.
Each DN should be provided using the LDAPv3 string representation
as defined in RFC 4514. If no DN arguments are provided, a list
of DNs is read from standard input (or from file if the -f flag is
used).
-V[V] Print version info. If -VV is given, only the version
information is printed.
-d debuglevel
Set the LDAP debugging level to debuglevel. ldapdelete
must be compiled with LDAP_DEBUG defined for this option to
have any effect.
-n Show what would be done, but don't actually delete entries.
Useful for debugging in conjunction with -v.
-v Use verbose mode, with many diagnostics written to standard
output.
-c Continuous operation mode. Errors are reported, but
ldapdelete will continue with deletions. The default
is to exit after reporting an error.
-f file
Read a series of DNs from file, one per line, performing an
LDAP delete for each.
-r Do a recursive delete. If the DN specified isn't a leaf,
its children, and all their children are deleted down the
tree. No verification is done, so if you add this switch,
ldapdelete will happily delete large portions of your tree.
Use with care.
-z sizelimit
Use sizelimit when searching for children DN to delete, to
circumvent any server-side size limit. Only useful in
conjunction with -r.
-M[M] Enable manage DSA IT control. -MM makes control critical.
-x Use simple authentication instead of SASL.
-D binddn
Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP
directory. For SASL binds, the server is expected to
ignore this value.
-W Prompt for simple authentication. This is used instead of
specifying the password on the command line.
-w passwd
Use passwd as the password for simple authentication.
-y passwdfile
Use complete contents of passwdfile as the password for
simple authentication.
-H ldapuri
Specify URI(s) referring to the ldap server(s); only the
protocol/host/port fields are allowed; a list of URI,
separated by whitespace or commas is expected.
-P {2|3}
Specify the LDAP protocol version to use.
-e [!]ext[=extparam]
-E [!]ext[=extparam]
Specify general extensions with -e and delete extensions
with -E. ´!´ indicates criticality.
General extensions:
[!]assert=<filter> (an RFC 4515 Filter)
!authzid=<authzid> ("dn:<dn>" or "u:<user>")
[!]bauthzid (RFC 3829 authzid control)
[!]chaining[=<resolve>[/<cont>]]
[!]manageDSAit
[!]noop
ppolicy
[!]postread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
[!]preread[=<attrs>] (a comma-separated attribute list)
[!]relax
sessiontracking[=<username>]
abandon,cancel,ignore (SIGINT sends abandon/cancel,
or ignores response; if critical, doesn't wait for SIGINT.
not really controls)
Delete extensions:
(none)
-o opt[=optparam]
Specify any ldap.conf(5) option or one of the following:
nettimeout=<timeout> (in seconds, or "none" or "max")
ldif_wrap=<width> (in columns, or "no" for no wrapping)
-O security-properties
Specify SASL security properties.
-I Enable SASL Interactive mode. Always prompt. Default is
to prompt only as needed.
-Q Enable SASL Quiet mode. Never prompt.
-N Do not use reverse DNS to canonicalize SASL host name.
-U authcid
Specify the authentication ID for SASL bind. The form of
the identity depends on the actual SASL mechanism used.
-R realm
Specify the realm of authentication ID for SASL bind. The
form of the realm depends on the actual SASL mechanism
used.
-X authzid
Specify the requested authorization ID for SASL bind.
authzid must be one of the following formats:
dn:<distinguished name> or u:<username>
-Y mech
Specify the SASL mechanism to be used for authentication.
If it's not specified, the program will choose the best
mechanism the server knows.
-Z[Z] Issue StartTLS (Transport Layer Security) extended
operation. If you use -ZZ, the command will require the
operation to be successful.
The following command:
ldapdelete "cn=Delete Me,dc=example,dc=com"
will attempt to delete the entry named "cn=Delete
Me,dc=example,dc=com". Of course it would probably be necessary
to supply authentication credentials.
Exit status is 0 if no errors occur. Errors result in a non-zero
exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard
error.
ldap.conf(5), ldapadd(1), ldapmodify(1), ldapmodrdn(1),
ldapsearch(1), ldap(3), ldap_delete_ext(3)
The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>
OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP
Project <http://www.openldap.org/>. OpenLDAP Software is derived
from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
This page is part of the OpenLDAP (an open source implementation
of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.openldap.org/⟩. If you have a bug report for this
manual page, see ⟨http://www.openldap.org/its/⟩. This page was
obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap.git⟩ on 2025-08-11.
(At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found
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Pages that refer to this page: ldapmodify(1), ldapmodrdn(1), ldapsearch(1)
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