Select your cookie preferences

We use essential cookies and similar tools that are necessary to provide our site and services. We use performance cookies to collect anonymous statistics, so we can understand how customers use our site and make improvements. Essential cookies cannot be deactivated, but you can choose “Customize” or “Decline” to decline performance cookies.

If you agree, AWS and approved third parties will also use cookies to provide useful site features, remember your preferences, and display relevant content, including relevant advertising. To accept or decline all non-essential cookies, choose “Accept” or “Decline.” To make more detailed choices, choose “Customize.”

Use RemoveUserFromGroup with a CLI

Focus mode
Use RemoveUserFromGroup with a CLI - AWS Identity and Access Management

The following code examples show how to use RemoveUserFromGroup.

CLI
AWS CLI

To remove a user from an IAM group

The following remove-user-from-group command removes the user named Bob from the IAM group named Admins.

aws iam remove-user-from-group \ --user-name Bob \ --group-name Admins

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Adding and removing users in an IAM user group in the AWS IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example removes the IAM user Bob from the group Testers.

Remove-IAMUserFromGroup -GroupName Testers -UserName Bob

Example 2: This example finds any groups of which IAM user Theresa is a member, and then removes Theresa from those groups.

$groups = Get-IAMGroupForUser -UserName Theresa foreach ($group in $groups) { Remove-IAMUserFromGroup -GroupName $group.GroupName -UserName Theresa -Force }

Example 3: This example shows an alternate way of removing the IAM user Bob from the Testers group.

Get-IAMGroupForUser -UserName Bob | Remove-IAMUserFromGroup -UserName Bob -GroupName Testers -Force
AWS CLI

To remove a user from an IAM group

The following remove-user-from-group command removes the user named Bob from the IAM group named Admins.

aws iam remove-user-from-group \ --user-name Bob \ --group-name Admins

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Adding and removing users in an IAM user group in the AWS IAM User Guide.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

PrivacySite termsCookie preferences
© 2025, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.