Remove a member
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Important
APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.
Use this API to remove a member (user, group, or device) from an administrative unit.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
| Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
|---|---|---|---|
| ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Permissions
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
| Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
|---|---|---|
| Delegated (work or school account) | AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All | Not available. |
| Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
| Application | AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All | Not available. |
Important
In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be a member user or be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. Privileged Role Administrator is the least privileged role supported for this operation.
HTTP request
DELETE /administrativeUnits/{id}/members/{id}/$ref
Caution
If you don't append /$ref to the request and the calling app has permissions to manage the member object, the object will also be deleted from Microsoft Entra ID; otherwise, a 403 Forbidden error is returned. You can restore specific objects through the Restore deleted items API.
Request headers
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Request body
Don't supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It doesn't return anything in the response body.
Example
Request
The following example shows a request. In the example below, {id1} represents the identifier for the target administrative unit, and {id2} represents the unique identifier for the member user, group, or device to be removed from the target administrative unit.
DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/administrativeUnits/{id1}/members/{id2}/$ref
Response
The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content