Deleting roles

You can delete roles that allow users to use managed resources, depending on their membership in the role.

Before you begin

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About this task

You cannot delete a role that has user members or child roles. You must remove all the user members and child roles from the role before you can delete the role.

You cannot delete a static role that has membership in a policy, such as a provisioning or separation of duty policy. You must first remove the static role from the policy.

To delete a role, complete these steps.

Procedure

  1. From the navigation tree, click Manage Roles. The Manage Roles page is displayed.
  2. On the Manage Roles page, complete these steps:
    • Click Refresh icon to load all roles.
    • Type name or description of the role in the Search box.
    • Click Filters icon, specify whether the search is done based on Service name, Role type or Membership type, and then click Apply filters. A list of roles that match the search criteria is displayed. If the list contains multiple pages, you can either click the arrow to go the next page, or, type the number of the page that you want to view and click Go.
  3. There are multiple ways with which Role can be deleted.
    • In the Roles table, select the check box next to the role that you want to delete, and then click Delete. Selecting the check box at the top of this column selects all roles.
    • In the Roles list, click the kebab menu (three vertical dots) next to the role that you want to delete, and then click Delete role. A Confirmation Page is displayed.
    • You can click on the Role and Right-hand panel displaying Role information will be displayed. Click the Delete icon. A Confirmation Page is displayed.

Results

A message is displayed, indicating that you successfully removed the role.