Delete application privileges Generally available; Added in 6.4.0

DELETE /_security/privilege/{application}/{name}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

To use this API, you must have one of the following privileges:

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

Required authorization

  • Cluster privileges: manage_security
External documentation

Path parameters

  • application string Required

    The name of the application. Application privileges are always associated with exactly one application.

  • name string | array[string] Required

    The name of the privilege.

Query parameters

  • refresh string

    If true (the default) then refresh the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if wait_for then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if false then do nothing with refreshes.

    Values are true, false, or wait_for.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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        • found boolean Required
DELETE /_security/privilege/{application}/{name} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_security/privilege/{application}/{name}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `DELETE /_security/privilege/myapp/read`. If the privilege is successfully deleted, `found` is set to `true`. 
{
  "myapp": {
    "read": {
      "found" : true
    }
  }
}