Delete directorySetting
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.
Delete a directory setting.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
---|---|---|---|
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Permissions
The following tables show the least privileged permission or permissions required to call this API on each supported resource type. Follow best practices to request least privileged permissions. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
For tenant-wide settings
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
---|---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | Directory.ReadWrite.All | Not available. |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | Directory.ReadWrite.All | Not available. |
For group-specific settings
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
---|---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | Group.ReadWrite.All | Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | Group.ReadWrite.All | Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Important
In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.
- Read basic properties on setting templates and settings - Microsoft Entra Joined Device Local Administrator, Directory Readers, Global Reader
- Manage all group/directory settings - Directory Writers
- Manage global and local settings for groups; manage
Group.Unified.Guest
andGroup.Unified
settings - Groups Administrator - Update
Password Rule Settings
- Authentication Policy Administrator - Update settings, Read basic properties on setting templates and settings - User Administrator
HTTP request
Delete a tenant-wide setting.
DELETE /settings/{directorySettingId}
Delete a group-specific setting.
DELETE /groups/{groupId}/settings/{directorySettingId}
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.
DELETE https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/settings/3c105fc3-2254-4861-9e2d-d59e2126f3ef
Response
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content