DeleteRolePolicy
Deletes the specified inline policy that is embedded in the specified IAM role.
A role can also have managed policies attached to it. To detach a managed policy from a role, use DetachRolePolicy. For more information about policies, refer to Managed policies and inline policies in the IAM User Guide.
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
- PolicyName
-
The name of the inline policy to delete from the specified IAM role.
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
- RoleName
-
The name (friendly name, not ARN) identifying the role that the policy is embedded in.
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 64.
Pattern:
[\w+=,.@-]+
Required: Yes
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- 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
- UnmodifiableEntity
-
The request was rejected because service-linked roles are protected Amazon 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.
HTTP Status Code: 400
Examples
Example
This example illustrates one usage of DeleteRolePolicy.
Sample Request
https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteRolePolicy
&PolicyName=S3AccessPolicy
&RoleName=S3Access
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS
Sample Response
<DeleteRolePolicyResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>c749ee7f-99ef-11e1-a4c3-27EXAMPLE804</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</DeleteRolePolicyResponse>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: