Delete roles API

Removes roles in the native realm.

Request

DELETE /_security/role/<name>

Prerequisites

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

Description

The role management APIs are generally the preferred way to manage roles, rather than using file-based role management. The delete roles API cannot remove roles that are defined in roles files.

Path parameters

name

(string) The name of the role.

Examples

The following example deletes a my_admin_role role:

DELETE /_security/role/my_admin_role

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

{
  "found" : true
}