Delete an inline IAM policy from a user using an AWS SDK - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Delete an inline IAM policy from a user using an AWS SDK

The following code examples show how to delete an inline IAM policy from a user.

Go
SDK for Go V2
Note

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// UserWrapper encapsulates AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user actions
// used in the examples.
// It contains an IAM service client that is used to perform user actions.
type UserWrapper struct {
	IamClient *iam.Client
}



// DeleteUserPolicy deletes an inline policy from a user.
func (wrapper UserWrapper) DeleteUserPolicy(userName string, policyName string) error {
	_, err := wrapper.IamClient.DeleteUserPolicy(context.TODO(), &iam.DeleteUserPolicyInput{
		PolicyName: aws.String(policyName),
		UserName:   aws.String(userName),
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("Couldn't delete policy from user %v. Here's why: %v\n", userName, err)
	}
	return err
}
Ruby
SDK for Ruby
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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 user. If the user has inline policies or access keys, they are deleted
  # before the user is deleted.
  #
  # @param user [Aws::IAM::User] The user to delete.
  def delete_user(user)
    user.policies.each do |policy|
      name = policy.name
      policy.delete
      puts("Deleted user policy #{name}.")
    end
    user.access_keys.each do |key|
      key.delete
      puts("Deleted access key for user #{user.name}.")
    end
    name = user.name
    user.delete
    puts("Deleted user #{name}.")
  rescue Aws::Errors::ServiceError => e
    puts("Couldn't detach policies and delete user #{user.name}. Here's why:")
    puts("\t#{e.code}: #{e.message}")
  end
Rust
SDK for Rust
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This documentation is for an SDK in preview release. The SDK is subject to change and should not be used in production.

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pub async fn delete_user_policy(
    client: &iamClient,
    user: &User,
    policy_name: &str,
) -> Result<(), SdkError<DeleteUserPolicyError>> {
    client
        .delete_user_policy()
        .user_name(user.user_name.as_ref().unwrap())
        .policy_name(policy_name)
        .send()
        .await?;

    Ok(())
}
Swift
SDK for Swift
Note

This is prerelease documentation for an SDK in preview release. It is subject to change.

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

    func deleteUserPolicy(user: IAMClientTypes.User, policyName: String) async throws {
        let input = DeleteUserPolicyInput(
            policyName: policyName,
            userName: user.userName
        )
        do {
            _ = try await iamClient.deleteUserPolicy(input: input)
        } catch {
            throw error
        }
    }