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Term · 3. Account Management & Provisioning

Identity Deprovisioning

IDM/IGA Domain

Definition

Identity deprovisioning is the process of revoking an individual’s access rights, credentials, and associated entitlements to systems and services when they leave an organization or change roles. It typically includes disabling or deleting accounts, invalidating authentication factors, and removing authorizations in authoritative and downstream systems. Effective identity deprovisioning reduces the risk of orphaned accounts and unauthorized access after a user’s relationship with the organization ends or changes.