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# Delete the Local User After Installing Anypoint Platform PCE

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

During installation, Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition (Anypoint Platform PCE) creates a local
Anypoint Platform user that enables you to configure platform components during installation. The
credentials for this user are stored locally in Anypoint Platform. However, after configuring an
external authentication provider such as LDAP, you should delete this user to improve security.

1.  Before deleting the local user, perform the following:

    - Install and configure your external identity provider.

    - Ensure that `SystemAdmin` user is not the owner of any other organizations.

2.  Select the new user to whom you want to assign administrator privileges. This user must be
    defined in your external identity provider.

3.  Determine the internal user ID for this user.

    1.  From Anypoint Platform, select Access Management.

    2.  Select Users and then select the name of the user.

    3.  Record the internal user ID. This ID appears in the URL as:

        ![User ID](/mulesoft/current/en-us/private-cloud/3.2/_images/access-management-user-id.png)

4.  Enter the gravity shell:

    gravity enter

5.  Identify one of the `authentication-server` containers:

    kubectl get pods -n access-management -l component=authentication-server

6.  Change the owner, providing the internal the `authentication-server` container and user ID
    obtained earlier:

    kubectl exec -it -n access-management <authentication-server-pod> -c application – node
    bin/change\_owner.js --new-owner-id <user\_id>

    This command changes the owner from the default system user to a new user managed by the
    external authentication provider. The command you use should be similar to the following
    example:

    kubectl exec -it -n access-management <authentication-server-pod> -c application – node
    bin/change\_owner.js --new-owner-id a363279f-982f-493c-b08f-9feb91be90d4

7.  Disable and delete the `System Admin` user.

    1.  Log in as the user you just added as the organization owner.

    2.  From Anypoint Platform, select Access Management.

    3.  Select Users and then select `username` in the same row as `SystemAdmin`.

    4.  Select Disable and then select Delete.

        This removes the default user from the platform.