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Delete application privileges API

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Delete application privileges API

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Removes application privileges.

Request

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DELETE /_security/privilege/<application>/<privilege>

Path Parameters

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application (required)
(string) The name of the application. Application privileges are always associated with exactly one application.
privilege (required)
(string) The name of the privilege.

Authorization

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To use this API, you must have either:

  • the manage_security cluster privilege (or a greater privilege such as all); or
  • the "Manage Application Privileges" global privilege for the application being referenced in the request

Examples

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The following example deletes the read application privilege from the myapp application:

DELETE /_security/privilege/myapp/read
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If the role is successfully deleted, the request returns {"found": true}. Otherwise, found is set to false.

{
  "myapp": {
    "read": {
      "found" : true
    }
  }
}
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