Policy Assignments - Delete

Reference

Service:: Policy

API Version:: 2023-04-01

This operation deletes a policy assignment, given its name and the scope it was created in. The scope of a policy assignment is the part of its ID preceding '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/{policyAssignmentName}'.

DELETE https://management.azure.com/{scope}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/{policyAssignmentName}?api-version=2023-04-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
policyAssignmentName	path	True	string	The name of the policy assignment to delete. Regex pattern: `^[^<>%&:\?.+/][^<>*%&:\?.+/ ]+$`
scope	path	True	string	The scope of the policy assignment. Valid scopes are: management group (format: '/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{managementGroup}'), subscription (format: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}'), resource group (format: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}', or resource (format: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/[{parentResourcePath}/]{resourceType}/{resourceName}'
api-version	query	True	string	The API version to use for this operation.

policyAssignmentName

path

True

string

The name of the policy assignment to delete.

Regex pattern: ^[^<>*%&:\?.+/]*[^<>*%&:\?.+/ ]+$

scope

path

True

string

The scope of the policy assignment. Valid scopes are: management group (format: '/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{managementGroup}'), subscription (format: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}'), resource group (format: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}', or resource (format: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/[{parentResourcePath}/]{resourceType}/{resourceName}'

api-version

query

True

string

The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	PolicyAssignment	OK - Returns information about the deleted assignment.
204 No Content		No Content - the policy assignment doesn't exist.
Other Status Codes	CloudError	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

Delete a policy assignment

Sample request

HTTP

DELETE https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/EnforceNaming?api-version=2023-04-01

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "properties": {
    "displayName": "Enforce resource naming rules",
    "description": "Force resource names to begin with given DeptA and end with -LC",
    "metadata": {
      "assignedBy": "Special Someone"
    },
    "policyDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/ResourceNaming",
    "definitionVersion": "1.*.*",
    "notScopes": [],
    "parameters": {
      "prefix": {
        "value": "DeptA"
      },
      "suffix": {
        "value": "-LC"
      }
    },
    "scope": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/EnforceNaming",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments",
  "name": "EnforceNaming"
}

Status code:: 204

Definitions

Name	Description
CloudError	An error response from a policy operation.
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
enforcementMode	The policy assignment enforcement mode. Possible values are Default and DoNotEnforce.
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorResponse	Error Response
Identity	Identity for the resource. Policy assignments support a maximum of one identity. That is either a system assigned identity or a single user assigned identity.
NonComplianceMessage	A message that describes why a resource is non-compliant with the policy. This is shown in 'deny' error messages and on resource's non-compliant compliance results.
Override	The policy property value override.
OverrideKind	The override kind.
ParameterValuesValue	The value of a parameter.
PolicyAssignment	The policy assignment.
ResourceIdentityType	The identity type. This is the only required field when adding a system or user assigned identity to a resource.
ResourceSelector	The resource selector to filter policies by resource properties.
Selector	The selector expression.
SelectorKind	The selector kind.
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.
UserAssignedIdentities	The user identity associated with the policy. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'.

CloudError

An error response from a policy operation.

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorResponse	Error Response Common error response for all Azure Resource Manager APIs to return error details for failed operations. (This also follows the OData error response format.)

createdByType

The type of identity that created the resource.

Name	Type	Description
Application	string
Key	string
ManagedIdentity	string
User	string

enforcementMode

The policy assignment enforcement mode. Possible values are Default and DoNotEnforce.

Name	Type	Description
Default	string	The policy effect is enforced during resource creation or update.
DoNotEnforce	string	The policy effect is not enforced during resource creation or update.

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorResponse

Error Response

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorResponse[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

Identity

Identity for the resource. Policy assignments support a maximum of one identity. That is either a system assigned identity or a single user assigned identity.

Name	Type	Description
principalId	string	The principal ID of the resource identity. This property will only be provided for a system assigned identity
tenantId	string	The tenant ID of the resource identity. This property will only be provided for a system assigned identity
type	ResourceIdentityType	The identity type. This is the only required field when adding a system or user assigned identity to a resource.
userAssignedIdentities	UserAssignedIdentities	The user identity associated with the policy. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'.

NonComplianceMessage

A message that describes why a resource is non-compliant with the policy. This is shown in 'deny' error messages and on resource's non-compliant compliance results.

Name	Type	Description
message	string	A message that describes why a resource is non-compliant with the policy. This is shown in 'deny' error messages and on resource's non-compliant compliance results.
policyDefinitionReferenceId	string	The policy definition reference ID within a policy set definition the message is intended for. This is only applicable if the policy assignment assigns a policy set definition. If this is not provided the message applies to all policies assigned by this policy assignment.

Override

The policy property value override.

Name	Type	Description
kind	OverrideKind	The override kind.
selectors	Selector[]	The list of the selector expressions.
value	string	The value to override the policy property.

OverrideKind

The override kind.

Name	Type	Description
policyEffect	string	It will override the policy effect type.

ParameterValuesValue

The value of a parameter.

Name	Type	Description
value	object	The value of the parameter.