distributionList: deleteMembers

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Remove members from a distributionList.

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)	Contacts.ReadWrite	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Contacts.ReadWrite	Not available.
Application	Contacts.ReadWrite	Not available.

HTTP request

POST /me/distributionLists/{distributionList-id}/deleteMembers
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/distributionLists/{distributionList-id}/deleteMembers

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the parameters.

The following table lists the parameters that are required when you call this action.

Parameter	Type	Description
members	member collection	The members to remove from the distribution list. Each member must include type and either key, memberId, or both. The displayName property is ignored. Required.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 200 OK response code and a distributionList object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/distributionLists/AAMkAGI2THVSAAA=/deleteMembers
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "members": [
    {
      "key": "MeganB@contoso.com",
      "type": "mailbox"
    }
  ]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('user-id')/distributionLists/$entity",
  "id": "AAMkAGI2THVSAAA=",
  "displayName": "Project Team",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2024-03-17T11:15:00Z"
}