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How to deactivate the MFA device of an IAM user

Run the below command to deactivate the MFA device defined for an IAM user where username is the name of the user and arn:aws:iam::123456789123:mfa/MFADEVICE is the arn of the MFA device.

aws iam deactivate-mfa-device --user-name username --serial-number arn:aws:iam::123456789123:mfa/MFADEVICE

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