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

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[role="xpack"]
[[security-api-delete-role]]
=== Delete roles API
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<titleabbrev>Delete roles</titleabbrev>
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Removes roles in the native realm.
[[security-api-delete-role-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`DELETE /_security/role/<name>`
[[security-api-delete-role-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}
* To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster privilege.
[[security-api-delete-role-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}
The role management APIs are generally the preferred way to manage roles, rather than using
{stack-ov}/defining-roles.html#roles-management-file[file-based role management]. The delete roles API cannot remove roles that are defined in roles files.
[[security-api-delete-role-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}
`name`::
(string) The name of the role.
[[security-api-delete-role-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}
The following example deletes a `my_admin_role` role:
[source,console]
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DELETE /_security/role/my_admin_role
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// TEST[setup:admin_role]
If the role is successfully deleted, the request returns `{"found": true}`.
Otherwise, `found` is set to false.
[source,console-result]
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{
"found" : true
}
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