Use RemoveUserFromGroup with a CLI - Amazon Identity and Access Management
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Use RemoveUserFromGroup with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use RemoveUserFromGroup.

CLI
Amazon CLI

To remove a user from an IAM group

The following remove-user-from-group command removes the user named Bob from the IAM group named Admins.

aws iam remove-user-from-group \
    --user-name Bob \
    --group-name Admins

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Adding and removing users in an IAM user group in the Amazon IAM User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example removes the IAM user Bob from the group Testers. 

Remove-IAMUserFromGroup -GroupName Testers -UserName Bob

Example 2: This example finds any groups of which IAM user Theresa is a member, and then removes Theresa from those groups.

$groups = Get-IAMGroupForUser -UserName Theresa 
foreach ($group in $groups) { Remove-IAMUserFromGroup -GroupName $group.GroupName -UserName Theresa -Force }

Example 3: This example shows an alternate way of removing the IAM user Bob from the Testers group.

Get-IAMGroupForUser -UserName Bob | Remove-IAMUserFromGroup -UserName Bob -GroupName Testers -Force

  • For API details, see RemoveUserFromGroup in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example removes the IAM user Bob from the group Testers. 

Remove-IAMUserFromGroup -GroupName Testers -UserName Bob

Example 2: This example finds any groups of which IAM user Theresa is a member, and then removes Theresa from those groups.

$groups = Get-IAMGroupForUser -UserName Theresa 
foreach ($group in $groups) { Remove-IAMUserFromGroup -GroupName $group.GroupName -UserName Theresa -Force }

Example 3: This example shows an alternate way of removing the IAM user Bob from the Testers group.

Get-IAMGroupForUser -UserName Bob | Remove-IAMUserFromGroup -UserName Bob -GroupName Testers -Force

  • For API details, see RemoveUserFromGroup in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).

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