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privy users restore

Restore a frozen user’s ability to authenticate; does not restore old sessions.

Terminal window
privy users restore [options] <user-id>
Argument Description
user-id —
Option Description
--dry-run Validate and print the API request without network access or credentials.
--yes Confirm this mutation or export.
--body <json> JSON body, or - to read stdin.
--file <path> JSON body file, or - to read stdin.
--allow-production Explicitly allow this production mutation; also requires --yes.

Global options such as --app, --account and --profile also apply. See the command reference overview.

Terminal window
privy users restore <user-id> --yes
  • Changes data: yes. Preview with --dry-run, then run with --yes and any required confirmations.
  • Scope: app
  • Before it runs: Read app environment; existing users are looked up by exact ID before mutations.
  • Production apps: Requires --allow-production and --yes.
  • Verification: Read-back where observable; bulk jobs are submissions, not completed imports. Revocation reports observed state without claiming an end-user session exercise.
  • Retries: None.

Inspect the full contract locally with privy schema users restore.

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