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# Delete Role

> Permission required: `access-permissions`
- Roles that have the protected value as true can't be deleted (such as: `admin`, `moderator`, `user` and so on).
- You cannot delete roles that are assigned to users. To do that, you must first remove this role from all the users.

### Changelog
| Version      | Description |
| ---------------- | ------------|
|3.17.0            | Added       |

## OpenAPI

````json POST /api/v1/roles.delete
{
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "info": {
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "title": "User Management"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://apiexplorer.support.rocket.chat"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "LDAP"
    },
    {
      "name": "Permissions"
    },
    {
      "name": "Roles"
    },
    {
      "name": "Users"
    },
    {
      "name": "SAML"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/v1/roles.delete": {
      "parameters": [],
      "post": {
        "summary": "Delete Role",
        "tags": [
          "Roles"
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/trueSuccess"
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad Request",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "success": {
                      "type": "boolean"
                    },
                    "error": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "errorType": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "examples": {
                  "Example 1": {
                    "value": {
                      "success": "false",
                      "error": "The role properties are invalid. [error-invalid-role-properties]",
                      "errorType": "error-invalid-role-properties"
                    }
                  },
                  "Example 2": {
                    "value": {
                      "success": "false",
                      "error": "Accessing permissions is not allowed [error-action-not-allowed]",
                      "errorType": "error-action-not-allowed"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/authorizationError"
          }
        },
        "operationId": "post-api-v1-roles.delete",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/UserId"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/Auth-Token"
          }
        ],
        "description": "Permission required: `access-permissions`\n- Roles that have the protected value as true can't be deleted (such as: `admin`, `moderator`, `user` and so on).\n- You cannot delete roles that are assigned to users. To do that, you must first remove this role from all the users.\n\n### Changelog\n| Version      | Description |\n| ---------------- | ------------|\n|3.17.0            | Added       |",
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "roleId": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "example": "6579adcf2dd9f9d9514f6",
                    "description": "The ID of an existing role."
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "roleId"
                ]
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "responses": {
      "trueSuccess": {
        "description": "OK",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "success": {
                  "type": "boolean"
                }
              }
            },
            "examples": {
              "Success": {
                "value": {
                  "success": "true"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "authorizationError": {
        "description": "Unauthorized",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "status": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "message": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            },
            "examples": {
              "Authorization Error": {
                "value": {
                  "status": "error",
                  "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "UserId": {
        "name": "X-User-Id",
        "in": "header",
        "description": "The authenticated user ID.",
        "required": "true",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "example": "rbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ"
      },
      "Auth-Token": {
        "name": "X-Auth-Token",
        "in": "header",
        "description": "The authenticated user token.",
        "required": "true",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "example": "RScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f"
      }
    }
  }
}
````