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# XGROUP DELCONSUMER

> Delete a consumer from a consumer group.

## Arguments

<ParamField body="key" type="str" required>
  The key of the stream.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="group" type="str" required>
  The consumer group name.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="consumer" type="str" required>
  The consumer name to delete.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField type="int">
  Returns the number of pending messages the consumer had.
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```py Delete existing consumer theme={null}
  result = redis.xgroup_delconsumer("mystream", "mygroup", "consumer1")
  ```
</RequestExample>


## Related topics

- [Overview](/redis/sdks/py/commands/overview.md)
- [XGROUP](/redis/commands/streams/xgroup.md)
- [XGROUP DESTROY](/redis/sdks/py/commands/stream/xgroup_destroy.md)
- [XGROUP CREATE](/redis/sdks/py/commands/stream/xgroup_create.md)