---
title: stack es security saml-invalidate cli command
description: Invalidate SAML. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4083/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/es/security/saml-invalidate
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack es security saml-invalidate cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es security saml-invalidate \
  --query-string <query-string> \
  [options]
```

Invalidate SAML.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--query-string string required">
    The query part of the URL that the user was redirected to by the SAML IdP to initiate the Single Logout.
    This query should include a single parameter named `SAMLRequest` that contains a SAML logout request that is deflated and Base64 encoded.
    If the SAML IdP has signed the logout request, the URL should include two extra parameters named `SigAlg` and `Signature` that contain the algorithm used for the signature and the signature value itself.
    In order for Elasticsearch to be able to verify the IdP's signature, the value of the `query_string` field must be an exact match to the string provided by the browser.
    The client application must not attempt to parse or process the string in any way.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--acs string">
    The Assertion Consumer Service URL that matches the one of the SAML realm in Elasticsearch that should be used. You must specify either this parameter or the `realm` parameter.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--realm string">
    The name of the SAML realm in Elasticsearch the configuration. You must specify either this parameter or the `acs` parameter.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--error-trace">
    When set to `true` Elasticsearch will include the full stack trace of errors
    when they occur.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--filter-path string">
    Comma-separated list of filters in dot notation which reduce the response
    returned by Elasticsearch.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--filter-path` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--human">
    When set to `true` will return statistics in a format suitable for humans.
    For example `"exists_time": "1h"` for humans and
    `"exists_time_in_millis": 3600000` for computers. When disabled the human
    readable values will be omitted. This makes sense for responses being consumed
    only by machines.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--pretty">
    If set to `true` the returned JSON will be "pretty-formatted". Only use
    this option for debugging only.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>