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[role="xpack"]
[[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.
[[security-api-clear-role-cache-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`POST /_security/role/<name>/_clear_cache`
[[security-api-clear-role-cache-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}
* To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster
privilege.
[[security-api-clear-role-cache-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}
For more information about the native realm, see
<<realms>> and <<configuring-native-realm>>.
[[security-api-clear-role-cache-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}
`name`::
(string) The name of the role.
[[security-api-clear-role-cache-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}
The clear roles cache API evicts roles from the native role cache. For example,
to clear the cache for `my_admin_role`:
[source,console]
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POST /_security/role/my_admin_role/_clear_cache
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