---
title: "Remove Group Owner"
slug: "remove-group-owner"
updated: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
published: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/remove-group-owner"
stale: true
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.rocket.chat/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Remove Group Owner

Post/api/v1/groups.removeOwner

Remove the `owner` role from a user in a private channel.

Permission required: `set-owner`

### Changelog

| Version | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0.49.4 | Added |

Header parametersX-Auth-TokenstringRequired

The `authToken` of the authenticated user.

ExampleRScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f
X-User-IdstringRequired

The `userId` of the authenticated user.

ExamplerbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ

Body parameters<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='9b0447ca-811e-47dc-87f5-57f030160fd6'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='586dbe4b-bc86-4c6a-b1c7-dd96ac3503d2'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "roomId": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
  "userId": "oCHkav5Zf6vmpu2W2"
}
```

object  roomIdstring    Required

The private group ID. You can find the IDs by using any of the following endpoints:

- [Get List of User Groups](https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/get-list-of-user-groups): This endpoint returns all private channels in the workspace, if you have the required permissions to view them.
- [Get Groups](https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/get-groups): This endpoint returns the private channels that you are a member of.

ExampleByehQjC44FwMeiLbX
userIdstring    Required

The ID of the user to be removed as owner

ExampleoCHkav5Zf6vmpu2W2

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='63e6ccc1-182b-4f89-b985-6fd1726e4169'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='2469860b-2a4c-40fb-a528-3438b387d309'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "success": true
}
```

object  successboolean    

400

Bad Request

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='229588ac-4dea-408d-a738-030d2bd477ea'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='ecd55fb0-a35d-4e2f-96c6-d0aa2c91e183'>Example 1</option>
<option value='971f5aad-3220-4e14-9765-0be4811588af'>Example 2</option>
</select>Example 1

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "The parameter \"roomId\" or \"roomName\" is required [error-room-param-not-provided]",
  "errorType": "error-room-param-not-provided"
}
```

Example 2

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "The required \"userId\" or \"username\" param was not provided [error-user-param-not-provided]",
  "errorType": "error-user-param-not-provided"
}
```

object  successboolean    
errorstring    
errorTypestring    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='d0623578-4817-4071-82b9-d46143f76167'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='5587e467-362b-462a-a6f6-3c66a015927a'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

```json
{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
}
```

object  statusstring    
messagestring