LDAPDELETE(1) LDAPDELETE(1) (NAME) ldapdelete - LDAP (SYNOPSIS) 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 [...]] (DESCRIPTION) ldapdelete ldap_delete_ext(3) . ldapdelete LDAP (bind) . DN (Distinguished Names) . DN LDAPv3 RFC 4514 . DN DN ( -f file) . (OPTIONS) -V[V] . -VV . -d debuglevel LDAP debuglevel. ldapdelete LDAP_DEBUG . -n . -v . -v (verbose) . -c . ldapdelete . . -f file DN file LDAP . -r (recursive delete). DN (leaf) . ldapdelete . . -z sizelimit sizelimit DN . -r . -M[M] DSA IT. -MM (critical) . -x SASL. -D binddn binddn (bind) LDAP. SASL . -W . . -w passwd passwd . -y passwdfile passwdfile . -H ldapuri URI() () LDAP // URI . -P {2|3} LDAP . -e [!]ext[=extparam] -E [!]ext[=extparam] -e -E. '!' (criticality) . : [!]assert= ( RFC 4515) !authzid= ("dn:" "u:") [!]bauthzid ( authzid RFC 3829) [!]chaining[=[/]] [!]manageDSAit [!]noop ppolicy [!]postread[=] ( ) [!]preread[=] ( ) [!]relax sessiontracking[=] abandon,cancel,ignore ( SIGINT abandon/cancel SIGINT . ) : () -o opt[=optparam] ldap.conf(5) : nettimeout= ( "none" "max") ldif_wrap= ( "no" ) -O security-properties SASL. -I SASL. . . -Q SASL. . -N DNS SASL. -U authcid SASL. SASL . -R realm (realm) SASL. SASL . -X authzid SASL. authzid : dn: u: -Y mech SASL . . -Z[Z] StartTLS ( ). -ZZ . (EXAMPLES) : ldapdelete "cn=Delete Me,dc=example,dc=com" "cn=Delete Me,dc=example,dc=com" . . (DIAGNOSTICS) (0) . . (SEE ALSO) ldap.conf(5) ldapadd(1) ldapmodify(1) ldapmodrdn(1) ldapsearch(1) ldap(3) ldap_delete_ext(3) (AUTHORS) (ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS) OpenLDAP Software . OpenLDAP Software 3.3 LDAP . OpenLDAP 2.6.13 2026-03-09 LDAPDELETE(1)