Use DeleteRolePolicy with an AWS SDK or command line tool

The following code examples show how to use DeleteRolePolicy.

.NET

AWS SDK for .NET

Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

    /// <summary>
    /// Delete an IAM role policy.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="roleName">The name of the IAM role.</param>
    /// <param name="policyName">The name of the IAM role policy to delete.</param>
    /// <returns>A Boolean value indicating the success of the action.</returns>
    public async Task<bool> DeleteRolePolicyAsync(string roleName, string policyName)
    {
        var response = await _IAMService.DeleteRolePolicyAsync(new DeleteRolePolicyRequest
        {
            PolicyName = policyName,
            RoleName = roleName,
        });

        return response.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK;
    }

• For API details, see DeleteRolePolicy in AWS SDK for .NET API Reference.

CLI

AWS CLI

To remove a policy from an IAM role

The following delete-role-policy command removes the policy named ExamplePolicy from the role named Test-Role.

aws iam delete-role-policy \
    --role-name Test-Role \
    --policy-name ExamplePolicy

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Modifying a role in the AWS IAM User Guide.

• For API details, see DeleteRolePolicy in AWS CLI Command Reference.

JavaScript

SDK for JavaScript (v3)

Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

import { DeleteRolePolicyCommand, IAMClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam";

const client = new IAMClient({});

/**
 *
 * @param {string} roleName
 * @param {string} policyName
 */
export const deleteRolePolicy = (roleName, policyName) => {
  const command = new DeleteRolePolicyCommand({
    RoleName: roleName,
    PolicyName: policyName,
  });
  return client.send(command);
};

• For API details, see DeleteRolePolicy in AWS SDK for JavaScript API Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example deletes the inline policy S3AccessPolicy that is embedded in the IAM role S3BackupRole.

Remove-IAMRolePolicy -PolicyName S3AccessPolicy -RoleName S3BackupRole

• For API details, see DeleteRolePolicy in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.