Title: WP_Application_Passwords::delete_application_password
Published: December 9, 2020
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Application_Passwords::delete_application_password( int $user_id, string $uuid ): true|󠀁[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Deletes an application password.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$user_id`intrequired

User ID.

`$uuid`stringrequired

The password’s UUID.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 true|[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) Whether
the password was successfully found and deleted, a [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
otherwise.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public static function delete_application_password( $user_id, $uuid ) {
    	$passwords = static::get_user_application_passwords( $user_id );

    	foreach ( $passwords as $key => $item ) {
    		if ( $item['uuid'] === $uuid ) {
    			unset( $passwords[ $key ] );
    			$saved = static::set_user_application_passwords( $user_id, $passwords );

    			if ( ! $saved ) {
    				return new WP_Error( 'db_error', __( 'Could not delete application password.' ) );
    			}

    			/**
    			 * Fires when an application password is deleted.
    			 *
    			 * @since 5.6.0
    			 *
    			 * @param int   $user_id The user ID.
    			 * @param array $item    The data about the application password.
    			 */
    			do_action( 'wp_delete_application_password', $user_id, $item );

    			return true;
    		}
    	}

    	return new WP_Error( 'application_password_not_found', __( 'Could not find an application password with that id.' ) );
    }
    ```

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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-application-passwords.php#L374-L401)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘wp_delete_application_password’, int $user_id, array $item )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_delete_application_password/)

Fires when an application password is deleted.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| [do_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

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| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Application_Passwords_Controller::delete_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_application_passwords_controller/delete_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-application-passwords-controller.php` |

Deletes an application password for a user.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_application_passwords/delete_application_password/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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