OpenSearch/x-pack/docs/en/rest-api/security/clear-roles-cache.asciidoc

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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