Use DetachGroupPolicy with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DetachGroupPolicy with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DetachGroupPolicy.

CLI
AWS CLI

To detach a policy from a group

This example removes the managed policy with the ARN arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/TesterAccessPolicy from the group called Testers.

aws iam detach-group-policy \
    --group-name Testers \
    --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/TesterAccessPolicy

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Managing IAM user groups in the AWS IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example detaches the managed group policy whose ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/TesterAccessPolicy from the group named Testers.

Unregister-IAMGroupPolicy -GroupName Testers -PolicyArn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/TesterAccessPolicy

Example 2: This example finds all the managed policies that are attached to the group named Testers and detaches them from the group.

Get-IAMAttachedGroupPolicies -GroupName Testers | Unregister-IAMGroupPolicy -Groupname Testers

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