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Removes the specified managed policy from the specified user.

A user can also have inline policies embedded with it. To delete an inline policy, use DeleteUserPolicy. For information about policies, see Managed policies and inline policies in the IAM User Guide.

get/#Action=DetachUserPolicy

Query parameters

UserNamestring required
<p>The name (friendly name, not ARN) of the IAM user to detach the policy from.</p> <p>This parameter allows (through its <a href="http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex">regex pattern</a>) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-</p>
PolicyArnstring required
<p>The Amazon Resource Name (ARN). ARNs are unique identifiers for Amazon Web Services resources.</p> <p>For more information about ARNs, go to <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html">Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)</a> in the <i>Amazon Web Services General Reference</i>. </p>
<p>The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM policy you want to detach.</p> <p>For more information about ARNs, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html">Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)</a> in the <i>Amazon Web Services General Reference</i>.</p>
Action'DetachUserPolicy' required
Version'2010-05-08' required

Response

Success