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[[security-api-clear-role-cache]]
=== Clear roles cache API
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<titleabbrev>Clear roles cache</titleabbrev>
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Evicts roles from the native role cache. 

==== Request

`POST /_security/role/<name>/_clear_cache` 

==== Description

For more information about the native realm, see 
{stack-ov}/realms.html[Realms] and <<configuring-native-realm>>. 

==== Path Parameters

`name`::
  (string) The name of the role. 


//==== Request Body

==== Authorization

To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster
privilege.


==== Examples

The clear roles cache API evicts roles from the native role cache. For example, 
to clear the cache for `my_admin_role`:

[source,js]
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POST /_security/role/my_admin_role/_clear_cache
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// CONSOLE