How to delete aws user?

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ist...@gmail.com

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Dec 13, 2018, 12:52:57 AM12/13/18
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I'm trying to delete aws user like this:

- name: Delete AWS users
  iam:
name: userName
iam_type: user
state: absent

It gives following error:

Failed to delete login profile: BotoServerError: 404 Not Found
<ErrorResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
 <Error>
   <Type>Sender</Type>
   <Code>NoSuchEntity</Code>
   <Message>Login Profile for User XXXX cannot be found.</Message>
 </Error>
 <RequestId>asdfsdf-fe98-11e8-23fr-035cerw9269a</RequestId>
</ErrorResponse>

If I try to delete with "iam_user", it says "Delete first user access keys". How can I delete aws user?

ist...@gmail.com

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Dec 13, 2018, 4:07:47 AM12/13/18
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I found out that I was using older ansible version v2.6.2. This is fixed in later version of ansible. 
Now I've updated to latest ansible v2.7.4 version and deleting AWS user is working. 
I can delete like this:
- name: Absent iam user
      iam:
        iam_type: user
        state: absent
        name: username

So, this is resolved.
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