DeleteGroup
Deletes the specified IAM group. The group must not contain any users or have any attached policies.
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- GroupName
-
The name of the IAM group to delete.
This parameter allows (through its regex pattern
) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@- Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
[\w+=,.@-]+
Required: Yes
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- DeleteConflict
-
The request was rejected because it attempted to delete a resource that has attached subordinate entities. The error message describes these entities.
HTTP Status Code: 409
- LimitExceeded
-
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.
HTTP Status Code: 409
- NoSuchEntity
-
The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ServiceFailure
-
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.
HTTP Status Code: 500
Examples
Example
This example illustrates one usage of DeleteGroup.
Sample Request
https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteGroup
&GroupName=Test
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS
Sample Response
<DeleteGroupResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>7a62c49f-347e-4fc4-9331-6e8eEXAMPLE</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</DeleteGroupResponse>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: