# DeleteRole
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Deletes the specified role. Unlike the AWS Management Console, when you delete a role programmatically, you must delete the items attached to the role manually, or the deletion fails. For more information, see [Deleting an IAM role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_manage_delete.html#roles-managingrole-deleting-cli). Before attempting to delete a role, remove the following attached items: 
+ Inline policies ([DeleteRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteRolePolicy.html))
+ Attached managed policies ([DetachRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_DetachRolePolicy.html))
+ Instance profile ([RemoveRoleFromInstanceProfile](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_RemoveRoleFromInstanceProfile.html))
+ Optional – Delete instance profile after detaching from role for resource clean up ([DeleteInstanceProfile](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteInstanceProfile.html))

**Important**  
Make sure that you do not have any Amazon EC2 instances running with the role you are about to delete. Deleting a role or instance profile that is associated with a running instance will break any applications running on the instance.

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** RoleName **   
The name of the role to delete.  
This parameter allows (through its [regex pattern](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex)) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: \$1\$1=,.@-  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `[\w+=,.@-]+`   
Required: Yes

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** ConcurrentModification **   
The request was rejected because multiple requests to change this object were submitted simultaneously. Wait a few minutes and submit your request again.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** DeleteConflict **   
The request was rejected because it attempted to delete a resource that has attached subordinate entities. The error message describes these entities.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** LimitExceeded **   
The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current AWS account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** NoSuchEntity **   
The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ServiceFailure **   
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** UnmodifiableEntity **   
The request was rejected because service-linked roles are protected AWS resources. Only the service that depends on the service-linked role can modify or delete the role on your behalf. The error message includes the name of the service that depends on this service-linked role. You must request the change through that service.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of DeleteRole.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteRole
&RoleName=S3Access
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<DeleteRoleResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>913e3f37-99ed-11e1-a4c3-270EXAMPLE04</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DeleteRoleResponse>
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iam-2010-05-08/DeleteRole)