---
title: Revoke permission
description: Removes a permission from a role.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API > Revoke permission
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/jen.gilbert/astro-base/llms.txt).

# Revoke permission

## v2 (latest)

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                            |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| app.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/roles/{role_id}/permissions     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/roles/{role_id}/permissions |
| us5.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/roles/{role_id}/permissions |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | DELETE https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/roles/{role_id}/permissions      |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/roles/{role_id}/permissions |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/roles/{role_id}/permissions |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | DELETE https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/roles/{role_id}/permissions |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | DELETE https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/roles/{role_id}/permissions      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | DELETE https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/roles/{role_id}/permissions  |

### Overview

Removes a permission from a role.

This endpoint requires the `user_access_manage` permission.

OAuth apps require the `user_access_manage` authorization [scope](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/jen.gilbert/astro-base/api/latest/scopes.md#roles) to access this endpoint.

### Arguments

#### Path Parameters

| Field                | Type   | Description                        |
| -------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------- |
| role_id [*required*] | string | The unique identifier of the role. |

### Request

#### Body Data (required)

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
| Parent field | Field | Type   | Description                                                                            |
| ------------ | ----- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | data  | object | Relationship to permission object.                                                     |
| data         | id    | string | ID of the permission.                                                                  |
| data         | type  | enum   | Permissions resource type. Allowed enum values: `permissions`. Default: `permissions`. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "f2a8beb4-91f8-962d-b6d9-60215cda2214",
    "type": "permissions"
  }
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}

### Response

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="200" %}
OK

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Payload with API-returned permissions.

| Parent field | Field             | Type      | Description                                                                            |
| ------------ | ----------------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | data              | [object]  | Array of permissions.                                                                  |
| data         | attributes        | object    | Attributes of a permission.                                                            |
| attributes   | created           | date-time | Creation time of the permission.                                                       |
| attributes   | description       | string    | Description of the permission.                                                         |
| attributes   | display_name      | string    | Displayed name for the permission.                                                     |
| attributes   | display_type      | string    | Display type.                                                                          |
| attributes   | group_name        | string    | Name of the permission group.                                                          |
| attributes   | name              | string    | Name of the permission.                                                                |
| attributes   | name_aliases      | [string]  | List of alias names for the permission.                                                |
| attributes   | restricted        | boolean   | Whether or not the permission is restricted.                                           |
| data         | id                | string    | ID of the permission.                                                                  |
| data         | type [*required*] | enum      | Permissions resource type. Allowed enum values: `permissions`. Default: `permissions`. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "created": "2019-09-19T10:00:00.000Z",
        "description": "string",
        "display_name": "string",
        "display_type": "string",
        "group_name": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "name_aliases": [],
        "restricted": false
      },
      "id": "string",
      "type": "permissions"
    }
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="400" %}
Bad Request

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field               | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="403" %}
Authentication error

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field               | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="404" %}
Not found

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field               | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="429" %}
Too many requests

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field               | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}

### Code Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Curl" %}
```bash
# Path parameters
export role_id="CHANGE_ME"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" # Or us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, ap1.datadoghq.com, ap2.datadoghq.com, uk1.datadoghq.com, ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X DELETE "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/roles/${role_id}/permissions" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "id": "f2a8beb4-91f8-962d-b6d9-60215cda2214",
    "type": "permissions"
  }
}
EOF
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Go" %}
```go
// Revoke permission returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	// there is a valid "role" in the system
	RoleDataID := os.Getenv("ROLE_DATA_ID")

	// there is a valid "permission" in the system
	PermissionID := os.Getenv("PERMISSION_ID")

	body := datadogV2.RelationshipToPermission{
		Data: &datadogV2.RelationshipToPermissionData{
			Id:   datadog.PtrString(PermissionID),
			Type: datadogV2.PERMISSIONSTYPE_PERMISSIONS.Ptr(),
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewRolesApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.RemovePermissionFromRole(ctx, RoleDataID, body)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `RolesApi.RemovePermissionFromRole`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `RolesApi.RemovePermissionFromRole`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Java" %}
```java
// Revoke permission returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.RolesApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.PermissionsResponse;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.PermissionsType;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.RelationshipToPermission;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.RelationshipToPermissionData;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    RolesApi apiInstance = new RolesApi(defaultClient);

    // there is a valid "role" in the system
    String ROLE_DATA_ID = System.getenv("ROLE_DATA_ID");

    // there is a valid "permission" in the system
    String PERMISSION_ID = System.getenv("PERMISSION_ID");

    RelationshipToPermission body =
        new RelationshipToPermission()
            .data(
                new RelationshipToPermissionData()
                    .id(PERMISSION_ID)
                    .type(PermissionsType.PERMISSIONS));

    try {
      PermissionsResponse result = apiInstance.removePermissionFromRole(ROLE_DATA_ID, body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling RolesApi#removePermissionFromRole");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Python" %}
```python
"""
Revoke permission returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.roles_api import RolesApi
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.permissions_type import PermissionsType
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.relationship_to_permission import RelationshipToPermission
from datadog_api_client.v2.model.relationship_to_permission_data import RelationshipToPermissionData

# there is a valid "role" in the system
ROLE_DATA_ID = environ["ROLE_DATA_ID"]

# there is a valid "permission" in the system
PERMISSION_ID = environ["PERMISSION_ID"]

body = RelationshipToPermission(
    data=RelationshipToPermissionData(
        id=PERMISSION_ID,
        type=PermissionsType.PERMISSIONS,
    ),
)

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = RolesApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.remove_permission_from_role(role_id=ROLE_DATA_ID, body=body)

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Ruby" %}
```ruby
# Revoke permission returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::RolesAPI.new

# there is a valid "role" in the system
ROLE_DATA_ID = ENV["ROLE_DATA_ID"]

# there is a valid "permission" in the system
PERMISSION_ID = ENV["PERMISSION_ID"]

body = DatadogAPIClient::V2::RelationshipToPermission.new({
  data: DatadogAPIClient::V2::RelationshipToPermissionData.new({
    id: PERMISSION_ID,
    type: DatadogAPIClient::V2::PermissionsType::PERMISSIONS,
  }),
})
p api_instance.remove_permission_from_role(ROLE_DATA_ID, body)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Rust" %}
```rust
// Revoke permission returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_roles::RolesAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::PermissionsType;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::RelationshipToPermission;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::model::RelationshipToPermissionData;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // there is a valid "role" in the system
    let role_data_id = std::env::var("ROLE_DATA_ID").unwrap();

    // there is a valid "permission" in the system
    let permission_id = std::env::var("PERMISSION_ID").unwrap();
    let body = RelationshipToPermission::new().data(
        RelationshipToPermissionData::new()
            .id(permission_id.clone())
            .type_(PermissionsType::PERMISSIONS),
    );
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = RolesAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .remove_permission_from_role(role_data_id.clone(), body)
        .await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="TypeScript" %}
```typescript
/**
 * Revoke permission returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
  authMethods: {
    AuthZ: {
      accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
    },
  },
});
const apiInstance = new v2.RolesApi(configuration);

// there is a valid "role" in the system
const ROLE_DATA_ID = process.env.ROLE_DATA_ID as string;

// there is a valid "permission" in the system
const PERMISSION_ID = process.env.PERMISSION_ID as string;

const params: v2.RolesApiRemovePermissionFromRoleRequest = {
  body: {
    data: {
      id: PERMISSION_ID,
      type: "permissions",
    },
  },
  roleId: ROLE_DATA_ID,
};

apiInstance
  .removePermissionFromRole(params)
  .then((data: v2.PermissionsResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}