Hmm, I don't know enough to give you a confident answer yet. The provided knowledge sources do not contain information on how to lock or ban an identity from further logins using Ory. I recommend checking the [Ory documentation](https://www.ory.sh/docs/) for more information on this topic.

Based on the provided knowledge sources, there isn't a direct method to deactivate an identity. However, you can deactivate a session associated with an identity using the

DELETE /admin/sessions/{id}

endpoint. This will deactivate the specified session, but it won't delete the session data. Here's how you can do it:

http DELETE /admin/sessions/{session_id}

Replace

{session_id}

with the ID of the session you want to deactivate. Note that you need to be authenticated to perform this operation, and one of the methods to authenticate is by using an

oryAccessToken

. Please note that deactivating a session is not the same as deactivating an identity. The user associated with the deactivated session may still be able to create a new session (i.e., log in again) unless additional measures are taken. For more details, please refer to the [Ory Kratos API documentation](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/reference/api).

Yes, you can change the state of an identity to

inactive

to prevent it from using self-service flows such as sign-in. This can be done using the Ory SDK. Here's how you can do it in JavaScript and Go: In JavaScript:

javascript import { Configuration, IdentityApi } from "@ory/client"   import { JsonPatchOpEnum } from "@ory/client/api"      const identity = new IdentityApi(    new Configuration({      basePath: `https://${process.env.ORY_PROJECT_SLUG}.<http://projects.oryapis.com|projects.oryapis.com>`,      accessToken: process.env.ORY_API_KEY,    }),   )      export async function setState(    identityId: string,    state: "active" | "inactive",   ) {    return await identity    .patchIdentity({      id: identityId,      jsonPatch: [        {          op: JsonPatchOpEnum.Replace,          value: state,          path: "/state",        },      ],    })    .then(({ data }) => data)   }

In Go:

go package identity      import (    "context"    "fmt"    "os"       client "<http://github.com/ory/client-go|github.com/ory/client-go>"   )      var authed = context.WithValue(context.Background(), client.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("ORY_API_KEY"))      func init() {    cfg := client.NewConfiguration()    cfg.Servers = client.ServerConfigurations{      {URL: fmt.Sprintf("<https://%s.projects.oryapis.com>", os.Getenv("ORY_PROJECT_SLUG"))},    }       ory = client.NewAPIClient(cfg)   }      func setState(identityId string, state string) (err error) {    _, _, err = ory.IdentityApi.      PatchIdentity(authed, identityId).      JsonPatch([]client.JsonPatch{{Op: "replace", Path: "/state", Value: state}}).Execute()    return err   }

In both examples, replace

identityId

with the ID of the identity you want to deactivate, and

state

with

"inactive"

. Please note that when an inactive identity tries to sign in, the server responds with a UI error. For more details, please refer to the [Ory Identity State documentation](https://www.ory.sh/docs/identities/model/activate-deactivate-user-login-state).