diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.AcceptanceTest/cypress/integration/Users/users.ts b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.AcceptanceTest/cypress/integration/Users/users.ts
index 12a9bee7a20b..8cf2eb8579c3 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.AcceptanceTest/cypress/integration/Users/users.ts
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.AcceptanceTest/cypress/integration/Users/users.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,40 @@
 /// <reference types="Cypress" />
 context('Users', () => {
 
+  const name = "Alice Bobson";
+  const email = "alice-bobson@acceptancetest.umbraco";
+  const startContentIds = [];
+  const startMediaIds = [];
+  const userGroups = ["admin"];
+
+  const userData =
+    {
+      "id": -1,
+      "parentId": -1,
+      "name": name,
+      "username": email,
+      "culture": "en-US",
+      "email": email,
+      "startContentIds": startContentIds,
+      "startMediaIds": startMediaIds,
+      "userGroups": userGroups,
+      "message": ""
+    };
+
   beforeEach(() => {
     cy.umbracoLogin(Cypress.env('username'), Cypress.env('password'));
   });
 
+  afterEach(() => {
+    //Clean up
+    cy.umbracoEnsureUserEmailNotExists(email);
+  });
+
+  function createUser(){
+    let url = '/umbraco/backoffice/umbracoapi/users/PostCreateUser';
+    cy.umbracoApiRequest(url, 'POST', userData);
+  }
   it('Create user', () => {
-    const name = "Alice Bobson";
-    const email = "alice-bobson@acceptancetest.umbraco";
 
     cy.umbracoEnsureUserEmailNotExists(email);
     cy.umbracoSection('users');
@@ -24,55 +51,16 @@ context('Users', () => {
 
     cy.get('.umb-button > .btn > .umb-button__content').click();
 
-
     cy.umbracoButtonByLabelKey("user_goToProfile").should('be.visible');
-
-    //Clean up
-    cy.umbracoEnsureUserEmailNotExists(email);
-
   });
 
   it('Update user', () => {
-    // Set userdata
-    const name = "Alice Bobson";
-    const email = "alice-bobson@acceptancetest.umbraco";
-    const startContentIds = [];
-    const startMediaIds = [];
-    const userGroups = ["admin"];    
-    
-    var userData =
-    {
-        "id": -1,
-        "parentId": -1,
-        "name": name,
-        "username": email,
-        "culture": "en-US",
-        "email": email,
-        "startContentIds": startContentIds,
-        "startMediaIds": startMediaIds,
-        "userGroups": userGroups,
-        "message": ""
-    };
 
     // Ensure user doesn't exist
     cy.umbracoEnsureUserEmailNotExists(email);
-  
-    // Create user through API
-    cy.getCookie('UMB-XSRF-TOKEN', { log: false }).then((token) => {
-      cy.request({
-        method: 'POST',
-        url: '/umbraco/backoffice/umbracoapi/users/PostCreateUser',
-        followRedirect: true,
-        headers: {
-          Accept: 'application/json',
-          'X-UMB-XSRF-TOKEN': token.value,
-        },
-        body: userData,
-        log: false,
-      }).then((response) => {        
-        return;
-      });
-    });
+
+    //Create user through API
+    createUser();
 
     // Go to the user and edit their name
     cy.umbracoSection('users');
@@ -82,50 +70,15 @@ context('Users', () => {
 
     // assert save succeeds
     cy.umbracoSuccessNotification().should('be.visible');
-    cy.umbracoEnsureUserEmailNotExists(email);
   })
-  
+
   it('Delete user', () => {
-    // Set userdata
-    const name = "Alice Bobson";
-    const email = "alice-bobson@acceptancetest.umbraco";
-    const startContentIds = [];
-    const startMediaIds = [];
-    const userGroups = ["admin"];    
-
-    var userData =
-    {
-        "id": -1,
-        "parentId": -1,
-        "name": name,
-        "username": email,
-        "culture": "en-US",
-        "email": email,
-        "startContentIds": startContentIds,
-        "startMediaIds": startMediaIds,
-        "userGroups": userGroups,
-        "message": ""
-    };
 
     // Ensure user doesn't exist
     cy.umbracoEnsureUserEmailNotExists(email);
 
-    // Create user through API
-    cy.getCookie('UMB-XSRF-TOKEN', { log: false }).then((token) => {
-      cy.request({
-        method: 'POST',
-        url: '/umbraco/backoffice/umbracoapi/users/PostCreateUser',
-        followRedirect: true,
-        headers: {
-          Accept: 'application/json',
-          'X-UMB-XSRF-TOKEN': token.value,
-        },
-        body: userData,
-        log: false,
-      }).then((response) => {        
-        return;
-      });
-    });
+    //Create user through API
+    createUser();
 
     // Go to the user and delete them
     cy.umbracoSection('users');
@@ -135,6 +88,5 @@ context('Users', () => {
 
     // assert deletion succeeds
     cy.umbracoSuccessNotification().should('be.visible');
-    cy.umbracoEnsureUserEmailNotExists(email);
   })
-});
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+});