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Delete an IAM policy using an AWS SDK
The following code examples show how to delete an IAM policy.
- C++
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- SDK for C++
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. bool AwsDoc::IAM::deletePolicy(const Aws::String &policyArn, const Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration &clientConfig) { Aws::IAM::IAMClient iam(clientConfig); Aws::IAM::Model::DeletePolicyRequest request; request.SetPolicyArn(policyArn); auto outcome = iam.DeletePolicy(request); if (!outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cerr << "Error deleting policy with arn " << policyArn << ": " << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; } else { std::cout << "Successfully deleted policy with arn " << policyArn << std::endl; } return outcome.IsSuccess(); }
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For API details, see DeletePolicy in AWS SDK for C++ API Reference.
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- Go
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- SDK for Go V2
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository
. // PolicyWrapper encapsulates AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy actions // used in the examples. // It contains an IAM service client that is used to perform policy actions. type PolicyWrapper struct { IamClient *iam.Client } // DeletePolicy deletes a policy. func (wrapper PolicyWrapper) DeletePolicy(policyArn string) error { _, err := wrapper.IamClient.DeletePolicy(context.TODO(), &iam.DeletePolicyInput{ PolicyArn: aws.String(policyArn), }) if err != nil { log.Printf("Couldn't delete policy %v. Here's why: %v\n", policyArn, err) } return err }
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For API details, see DeletePolicy
in AWS SDK for Go API Reference.
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- Java
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- SDK for Java 2.x
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository
. public static void deleteIAMPolicy(IamClient iam,String policyARN) { try { DeletePolicyRequest request = DeletePolicyRequest.builder() .policyArn(policyARN) .build(); iam.deletePolicy(request); System.out.println("Successfully deleted the policy"); } catch (IamException e) { System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); System.exit(1); } System.out.println("Done"); }
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For API details, see DeletePolicy in AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.
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- JavaScript
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- SDK for JavaScript V3
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository
. Create the client.
import { IAMClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam"; // Set the AWS Region. const REGION = "REGION"; // For example, "us-east-1". // Create an IAM service client object. const iamClient = new IAMClient({ region: REGION }); export { iamClient };
Delete the policy.
// Import required AWS SDK clients and commands for Node.js. import { iamClient } from "./libs/iamClient.js"; import { DeletePolicyCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam"; // Set the parameters. const params = { PolicyArn: "POLICY_ARN"}; const run = async () => { try { const data = await iamClient.send(new DeletePolicyCommand(params)); console.log("Success. Policy deleted.", data); } catch (err) { console.log("Error", err); } }; run();
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For API details, see DeletePolicy in AWS SDK for JavaScript API Reference.
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- Kotlin
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- SDK for Kotlin
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Note This is prerelease documentation for a feature in preview release. It is subject to change.
Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository
. suspend fun deleteIAMPolicy(policyARNVal: String?) { val request = DeletePolicyRequest { policyArn = policyARNVal } IamClient { region = "AWS_GLOBAL" }.use { iamClient -> iamClient.deletePolicy(request) println("Successfully deleted $policyARNVal") } }
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For API details, see DeletePolicy
in AWS SDK for Kotlin API reference.
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- Python
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- SDK for Python (Boto3)
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository
. def delete_policy(policy_arn): """ Deletes a policy. :param policy_arn: The ARN of the policy to delete. """ try: iam.Policy(policy_arn).delete() logger.info("Deleted policy %s.", policy_arn) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't delete policy %s.", policy_arn) raise
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For API details, see DeletePolicy in AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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- Ruby
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- SDK for Ruby
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository
. # Deletes a role. If the role has policies attached, they are detached and # deleted before the role is deleted. # # @param role [Aws::IAM::Role] The role to delete. def delete_role(role) role.attached_policies.each do |policy| name = policy.policy_name policy.detach_role(role_name: role.name) policy.delete puts("Deleted policy #{name}.") end name = role.name role.delete puts("Deleted role #{name}.") rescue Aws::Errors::ServiceError => e puts("Couldn't detach policies and delete role #{role.name}. Here's why:") puts("\t#{e.code}: #{e.message}") raise end
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For API details, see DeletePolicy in AWS SDK for Ruby API Reference.
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- Rust
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- SDK for Rust
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Note This documentation is for an SDK in preview release. The SDK is subject to change and should not be used in production.
Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository
. pub async fn delete_policy(client: &iamClient, policy: Policy) -> Result<(), iamError> { client .delete_policy() .policy_arn(policy.arn.unwrap()) .send() .await?; Ok(()) }
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For API details, see DeletePolicy
in AWS SDK for Rust API reference.
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- Swift
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- SDK for Swift
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Note This is prerelease documentation for an SDK in preview release. It is subject to change.
Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository
. public func deletePolicy(policy: IAMClientTypes.Policy) async throws { let input = DeletePolicyInput( policyArn: policy.arn ) do { _ = try await iamClient.deletePolicy(input: input) } catch { throw error } }
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For API details, see DeletePolicy
in AWS SDK for Swift API reference.
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