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title: Find and Terminate a User Session
description: This activity shows you how to find and terminate a user session.
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canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/workflow-library/platform-sso-and-authorization/sessions-and-logout/find-and-terminate-a-user-session.html
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  prerequisites: Prerequisites
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# Find and Terminate a User Session

This activity shows you how to find and terminate a user session.

The following operations are supported by the PingOne APIs:

* Read a user session

* Delete a user session

## Prerequisites

* Create a user and initiate a user session in [Simple Login - Username and Password](../openid-connect-oidc/simple-login-username-and-password.html).

Click the **Run in Postman** button below to fork, or download and import, the Postman collection for this workflow to your workspace.

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