When you use the AWS Management Console to delete an IAM user, IAM automatically deletes the following information for you: The user Any group memberships -- that is, the user is removed from any IAM groups that the user was a member of: Any password associated with the user Any access keys belonging to the user All inline policies embedded in the user (policies that are applied to a user via group permissions are not affected) Note! Any managed policies attached to the user are detached from the user when the user is deleted. Managed policies are not deleted when you delete a user. Any associated MFA device http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_manage.html#id_users_deleting_cons ole