The following command deletes a user entry from the directory. $ ldapdelete -p 1389 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password \ uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com Processing DELETE request for uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com DELETE operation successful for DN uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com The following command deletes the ou=Groups entry and all entries underneath ou=Groups. $ ldapdelete -p 1389 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password -x \ ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com Processing DELETE request for ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com DELETE operation successful for DN ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com