DELETE

/policies/{policyName}

http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/policies/{policyName}

Deletes the specified policy. A policy cannot be deleted if it has non-default versions or it is attached to any certificate. To delete a policy, use the <a>DeletePolicyVersion</a> action to delete all non-default versions of the policy; use the <a>DetachPolicy</a> action to detach the policy from any certificate; and then use the DeletePolicy action to delete the policy. When a policy is deleted using DeletePolicy, its default version is deleted with it. <note> Because of the distributed nature of Amazon Web Services, it can take up to five minutes after a policy is detached before it's ready to be deleted. </note> Requires permission to access the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions">DeletePolicy</a> action.

Access Token Required: API Key

Path Parameters

policyNamestringrequired

The name of the policy to delete.

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request DELETE \
2     --url 'http://iot.{region}.amazonaws.com/policies/{policyName}' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}