Deletes the specified policy.
A policy cannot be deleted if it has non-default versions or it is attached to any certificate.
To delete a policy, use the DeletePolicyVersion action to delete all non-default versions of the policy; use the DetachPolicy action to detach the policy from any certificate; and then use the DeletePolicy action to delete the policy.
When a policy is deleted using DeletePolicy, its default version is deleted with it.
Note
Because of the distributed nature of AWS, it can take up to five minutes after a policy is detached before it's ready to be deleted.
Requires permission to access the DeletePolicy action.
Request Syntax
DELETE /policies/policyName HTTP/1.1
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- policyName
-
The name of the policy to delete.
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
[\w+=,.@-]+Required: Yes
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.
Errors
- DeleteConflictException
-
You can't delete the resource because it is attached to one or more resources.
HTTP Status Code: 409
- InternalFailureException
-
An unexpected error has occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- InvalidRequestException
-
The request is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ResourceNotFoundException
-
The specified resource does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ServiceUnavailableException
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The service is temporarily unavailable.
HTTP Status Code: 503
- ThrottlingException
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The rate exceeds the limit.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- UnauthorizedException
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You are not authorized to perform this operation.
HTTP Status Code: 401
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
