Delete windowsHelloForBusinessAuthenticationMethod

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Deletes a windowsHelloForBusinessAuthenticationMethod object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

The following tables show the least privileged permission or permissions required to call this API on each supported resource type. Follow best practices to request least privileged permissions. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permissions acting on self

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All Not available.

Permissions acting on other users

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All Not available.

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts where the signed-in user is acting on another user, they must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.

  • Authentication Administrator
  • Privileged Authentication Administrator

HTTP request

Delete your own Windows Hello For Business authentication method.

DELETE /me/authentication/windowsHelloForBusinessMethods/{windowsHelloForBusinessAuthenticationMethodId}

Delete your own or another user's Windows Hello For Business authentication method.

DELETE /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/windowsHelloForBusinessMethods/{windowsHelloForBusinessAuthenticationMethodId}

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code.

Examples

Request

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/kim@contoso.com/authentication/windowsHelloForBusinessMethods/_jpuR-TGZtk6aQCLF3BQjA2

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content