Delete groups in IAM Identity Center - Amazon IAM Identity Center
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Delete groups in IAM Identity Center

When you delete a group in your IAM Identity Center directory, it removes access to Amazon Web Services accounts and applications for all users who are members of this group. After a group is deleted it cannot be undone. Use the following procedure to delete a group in your Identity Center directory.

Important

The instructions on this page apply to Amazon IAM Identity Center. They do not apply to Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM). IAM Identity Center users, groups, and user credentials are different from IAM users, groups, and IAM user credentials. If you are looking for instructions on deleting groups in IAM, see Deleting an IAM user group in the Amazon Identity and Access Management User Guide.

Console
To delete a group

  1. Open the IAM Identity Center console.

  2. Choose Groups.

  3. There are two ways you can delete a group:

    • On the Groups page, you can select multiple groups for deletion. Select the group name that you want to delete and choose Delete group.

    • Choose the group name that you want to delete. On the group details page, choose Delete group .

  4. You might be asked to confirm your intent to delete the group.

    • If you delete multiple groups at once, confirm your intent by typing Delete in the Delete group dialog box.

    • If you delete a single group that contains users, confirm your intent by typing the name of the group you want to delete in the Delete group dialog box.

  5. Choose Delete group. If you selected multiple groups for deletion, choose Delete # groups.

Amazon CLI
To delete a group

The following delete-group command deletes the specified group from your Identity Center directory.

aws identitystore delete-group \
    --identity-store-id d-1234567890 \
    --group-id a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE22222