Delete unifiedRoleDefinition

2025-07-23

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Delete a unifiedRoleDefinition object for an RBAC provider. You cannot delete built-in roles. This feature requires a Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 license.

The following RBAC providers are currently supported:

Cloud PC
device management (Intune)
Defender (Microsoft Defender XDR Unified RBAC)
directory (Microsoft Entra ID)

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

The following tables show the least privileged permission or permissions required to call this API on each supported resource type. Follow best practices to request least privileged permissions. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

For a Cloud PC provider

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.CloudPC, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.CloudPC, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory

For a device management (Intune) provider

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory	Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory	Directory.ReadWrite.All

For a Defender provider

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.CloudPC, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.CloudPC, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory

For a directory (Microsoft Entra ID) provider

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Defender	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Defender	Not available.

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. Privileged Role Administrator is the least privileged role supported for this operation.

HTTP request

To delete a role definition for a device management provider:

DELETE /roleManagement/deviceManagement/roleDefinitions/{id}

To delete a role definition for a directory provider:

DELETE /roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions/{id}

To delete a role definition for a Cloud PC provider:

DELETE /roleManagement/cloudPc/roleDefinitions/{id}

To delete a role definition for a Defender provider:

DELETE /roleManagement/defender/roleDefinitions/{id}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It doesn't return anything in the response body.

Example 1: Delete a unifiedRoleDefinition resource for a directory provider

Request

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions/f189965f-f560-4c59-9101-933d4c87a91a


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.RoleManagement.Directory.RoleDefinitions["{unifiedRoleDefinition-id}"].DeleteAsync();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphClient.RoleManagement().Directory().RoleDefinitions().ByUnifiedRoleDefinitionId("unifiedRoleDefinition-id").Delete(context.Background(), nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

graphClient.roleManagement().directory().roleDefinitions().byUnifiedRoleDefinitionId("{unifiedRoleDefinition-id}").delete();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/roleManagement/directory/roleDefinitions/f189965f-f560-4c59-9101-933d4c87a91a')
	.version('beta')
	.delete();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$graphServiceClient->roleManagement()->directory()->roleDefinitions()->byUnifiedRoleDefinitionId('unifiedRoleDefinition-id')->delete()->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Identity.Governance

Remove-MgBetaRoleManagementDirectoryRoleDefinition -UnifiedRoleDefinitionId $unifiedRoleDefinitionId

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

await graph_client.role_management.directory.role_definitions.by_unified_role_definition_id('unifiedRoleDefinition-id').delete()

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Delete a unifiedRoleDefinition resource for a Cloud PC provider

Request

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/roleManagement/cloudPC/roleDefinitions/b7f5ddc1-b7dc-4d37-abce-b9d6fc15ffff


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.RoleManagement.CloudPC.RoleDefinitions["{unifiedRoleDefinition-id}"].DeleteAsync();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphClient.RoleManagement().CloudPC().RoleDefinitions().ByUnifiedRoleDefinitionId("unifiedRoleDefinition-id").Delete(context.Background(), nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

graphClient.roleManagement().cloudPC().roleDefinitions().byUnifiedRoleDefinitionId("{unifiedRoleDefinition-id}").delete();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/roleManagement/cloudPC/roleDefinitions/b7f5ddc1-b7dc-4d37-abce-b9d6fc15ffff')
	.version('beta')
	.delete();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$graphServiceClient->roleManagement()->cloudPC()->roleDefinitions()->byUnifiedRoleDefinitionId('unifiedRoleDefinition-id')->delete()->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.DeviceManagement.Enrollment

Remove-MgBetaRoleManagementCloudPcRoleDefinition -UnifiedRoleDefinitionId $unifiedRoleDefinitionId

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

await graph_client.role_management.cloud_p_c.role_definitions.by_unified_role_definition_id('unifiedRoleDefinition-id').delete()

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 3: Delete a unifiedRoleDefinition resource for a Defender provider

Request

DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/roleManagement/defender/roleDefinitions/f189965f-f560-4c59-9101-933d4c87a91a


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.RoleManagement.Defender.RoleDefinitions["{unifiedRoleDefinition-id}"].DeleteAsync();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphClient.RoleManagement().Defender().RoleDefinitions().ByUnifiedRoleDefinitionId("unifiedRoleDefinition-id").Delete(context.Background(), nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

graphClient.roleManagement().defender().roleDefinitions().byUnifiedRoleDefinitionId("{unifiedRoleDefinition-id}").delete();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

await client.api('/roleManagement/defender/roleDefinitions/f189965f-f560-4c59-9101-933d4c87a91a')
	.version('beta')
	.delete();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$graphServiceClient->roleManagement()->defender()->roleDefinitions()->byUnifiedRoleDefinitionId('unifiedRoleDefinition-id')->delete()->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.DeviceManagement.Enrollment

Remove-MgBetaRoleManagementDefenderRoleDefinition -UnifiedRoleDefinitionId $unifiedRoleDefinitionId

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

await graph_client.role_management.defender.role_definitions.by_unified_role_definition_id('unifiedRoleDefinition-id').delete()

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

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Permissions

For a Cloud PC provider

For a device management (Intune) provider

For a Defender provider

For a directory (Microsoft Entra ID) provider

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Example 1: Delete a unifiedRoleDefinition resource for a directory provider

Request

Response

Example 2: Delete a unifiedRoleDefinition resource for a Cloud PC provider

Request

Response

Example 3: Delete a unifiedRoleDefinition resource for a Defender provider

Request

Response

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