AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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Deletes the specified role. Unlike the Amazon Web Services Management Console, when you delete a role programmatically, you must delete the items attached to the role manually, or the deletion fails. For more information, see Deleting an IAM role. Before attempting to delete a role, remove the following attached items:

Make sure that you do not have any Amazon EC2 instances running with the role you are about to delete. Deleting a role or instance profile that is associated with a running instance will break any applications running on the instance.

Note:

This is an asynchronous operation using the standard naming convention for .NET 4.5 or higher. For .NET 3.5 the operation is implemented as a pair of methods using the standard naming convention of BeginDeleteRole and EndDeleteRole.

Namespace: Amazon.IdentityManagement
Assembly: AWSSDK.IdentityManagement.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C#
public virtual Task<DeleteRoleResponse> DeleteRoleAsync(
         DeleteRoleRequest request,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.IdentityManagement.Model.DeleteRoleRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the DeleteRole service method.

cancellationToken
Type: System.Threading.CancellationToken

A cancellation token that can be used by other objects or threads to receive notice of cancellation.

Return Value


The response from the DeleteRole service method, as returned by IdentityManagementService.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
ConcurrentModificationException The request was rejected because multiple requests to change this object were submitted simultaneously. Wait a few minutes and submit your request again.
DeleteConflictException The request was rejected because it attempted to delete a resource that has attached subordinate entities. The error message describes these entities.
LimitExceededException The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current Amazon Web Services account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.
NoSuchEntityException The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.
ServiceFailureException The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.
UnmodifiableEntityException The request was rejected because service-linked roles are protected Amazon Web Services resources. Only the service that depends on the service-linked role can modify or delete the role on your behalf. The error message includes the name of the service that depends on this service-linked role. You must request the change through that service.

Version Information

.NET Core App:
Supported in: 3.1

.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5

See Also