[role="xpack"]
[[security-api-delete-role-mapping]]
=== Delete role mappings API

Removes role mappings.

==== Request

`DELETE /_xpack/security/role_mapping/<name>` 

==== Description

Role mappings define which roles are assigned to each user. For more information, 
see {stack-ov}/mapping-roles.html[Mapping users and groups to roles]. 

==== Path Parameters

`name`::
 (string) The distinct name that identifies the role mapping. The name is
  used solely as an identifier to facilitate interaction via the API; it does
  not affect the behavior of the mapping in any way.

//==== Request Body

==== Authorization

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


==== Examples

The following example delete a role mapping:

[source,js]
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DELETE /_xpack/security/role_mapping/mapping1
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:role_mapping]

If the mapping is successfully deleted, the request returns `{"found": true}`.
Otherwise, `found` is set to false.

[source,js]
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{
  "found" : true
}
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// TESTRESPONSE