---
title: "Delete a custom role"
method: DELETE
path: "/v1/roles/{roleId}"
tags: ["Roles"]
---

# Delete a custom role

`DELETE /v1/roles/{roleId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openrelay.inc`
- URL: `https://api.openrelay.inc/v1/roles/{roleId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Deletes one of the organization's custom roles and returns 204. A role still held by a member is refused with 409 ROLE_IN_USE.
Requires a signed-in session.

Requires the `role.manage` permission. See [Permissions](https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/permissions) for the roles and API key permissions that include it.

## Path parameters

- `roleId` string, required

## Response `204`

Deleted

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `403`: The caller is authenticated but may not do this. The caller's role or the API key's permissions do not allow it, or the request targets another organization (FORBIDDEN, or NOT_A_MEMBER for a session); a permission denial also names the action it needed (permission), which kind of policy denied it (deniedBy) and the deciding policy ids (policies). Or the organization is suspended pending review (ORG_SUSPENDED) or has been deleted (ORG_DISABLED). A new API key or a wider scope clears neither of the last two; see [Account and balance refusals](https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/errors#account-and-balance-refusals). A user session whose email address is not confirmed is refused on every operation (EMAIL_UNVERIFIED); confirm the address from the confirmation email, then sign in again.
- `404`: Resource not found
- `409`: The role is assigned

## Changes

- **2026-10-26** `7fe59d94a9f5`: 4 info
  - added the optional property `requestId` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `requestId` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `requestId` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `requestId` to the response with the `409` status
- **2026-10-22** `551a288b9aa0`: 1 breaking
  - removed the required property `serviceAccounts` from the response with the `409` status
- **2026-10-10** `12b2fcbcc298`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/openrelay/apis/openrelay-api/changes/v1/roles/:roleId/delete.md)

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