---
title: "Delete a role"
method: DELETE
path: "/roles/{role_id}"
tags: ["Roles"]
---

# Delete a role

`DELETE /roles/{role_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/roles/{role_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Delete a role with the specified ID. The role being deleted must not be in use by any entity users, otherwise a 409 error is returned. To check if there are entity users that have this role, call `GET /entity_users?role_id=ROLE_ID`.

## Path parameters

- `role_id` string, required

## Headers

- `x-monite-version` string, required
- `x-monite-entity-id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: The `Authorization` header is missing or contains an invalid or expired access token. See [Authentication](https://docs.monite.com/api/concepts/authentication) to learn how to authenticate API calls.
- `404`: A role with the specified ID was not found.
- `409`: Business logic error
- `422`: Validation Error
- `429`: API rate limit has been exceeded. Check the response headers for the rate limit information.

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