Delete role mappings API

DELETE /_security/role_mapping/<name>

Role mappings define which roles are assigned to each user. For more information, see Mapping users and groups to roles.

The role mapping APIs are generally the preferred way to manage role mappings rather than using role mapping files. The delete role mappings API cannot remove role mappings that are defined in role mapping files.

The following example delete a role mapping:

DELETE /_security/role_mapping/mapping1

If the mapping is successfully deleted, the request returns {"found": true}. Otherwise, found is set to false.

{
  "found" : true
}