Delete Clerk user external account

Unlink an OAuth or social external account from a user.

← All Clerk endpoints · Capability overview

DELETE/v1/clerk/users/{user_id}/external-accounts/{external_account_id}

https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/users/{user_id}/external-accounts/{external_account_id}

8 tokens

Unlink an OAuth or social external account from a user.

Authorization

Send your API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

MCP

The same capability is available as an MCP tool on Vee3 hosted MCP.

Tool name

clerk.delete_user_external_account

Parameters3 fields

clerk_instance_idstringOptional

Clerk instance id (ins_...) from clerk.get_connected_accounts. Omit to use the default connected account.

user_idstringRequired

Clerk user id (user_...) to operate on.

external_account_idstringRequired

External account id (for example ea_...) to unlink.

Response3 fields

external_accountobject

2 fields

Deleted external account object from the Clerk Backend API.

idstring

External account id (ea_...).

providerstring

OAuth provider id (for example oauth_google).

HTTP errors: clerk_connection_required, clerk_connection_not_found, clerk_connection_invalid, validation_error, unauthorized, payment_required

Example request

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/users/{user_id}/external-accounts/{external_account_id}"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
}
payload = {
    "user_id": "user_2abc123",
    "external_account_id": "ea_2abc123"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

Example responses1 example

200Successful response.

success.json

{
  "external_account": {
    "id": "ea_2abc123",
    "provider": "oauth_google"
  }
}